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. 2020 Jun 17;10(6):915. doi: 10.3390/biom10060915

Table 1.

CPA/APA and human disease.

Disease Type Effector Factors Cis/Trans Gain/Loss References
Cancer
Acute myeloid leukaemia APA CPSF Trans Unknown [86]
B-cell leukemia/lymphoma APA-S CFII, CPSF, CstF Trans Unknown [87]
Bladder APA-S CFI, CstF Trans Unknown [88,89]
Breast APA-I Estrogen Trans Unknown [90,91]
Breast APA-S CstF, Estrogen Trans Unknown [92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102]
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia APA-I Unknown Trans Unknown [103]
Colon APA-S Unknown Trans Unknown [104,105]
Colorectal APA-S CPSF, CFI, hnRNPC Trans Unknown [106,107,108,109,110,111]
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma CPA PAS Cis Loss [112]
Fanconi Anemia APA-I PAS-methylation, SF3A1 Trans Gain [113,114]
Gastric APA-S Unknown Trans Unknown [115]
Glioblastoma APA-L Unknown Trans Unknown [116]
Glioblastoma APA-S CFI, PTBP1 Trans Loss [78,117,118,119,120]
Hepatocellular carcinoma APA-S CFI Trans Unknown [121,122,123]
Lung APA-S CFI, CstF Trans Unknown [102,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131]
Lynch syndrome CPA PAS Cis Loss [132]
Mantle cell lymphoma APA-S PAS Cis Gain [133,134]
Melanoma CPA Unknown Trans Unknown [135]
Multiple APA UTR3 SNP Cis SNP [136]
Multiple APA-I PAS-Pbx1 binding Cis Gain [137]
Multiple APA-S CFI, CstF, PAPs, PABPN1 Trans Unknown [138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145]
Multiple CPA PAS Cis Loss [146,147]
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma APA Unknown Trans Unknown [148]
Neuroblastoma APA-L CFII Trans Loss [13]
Ovarian APA-S Unknown Trans Unknown [149,150,151,152]
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma APA-S Unknown Trans Unknown [153]
Proliferative conditions APA-S Unknown Trans Unknown [154,155]
Prostate CPA Other Trans Loss [156]
Small intestinal neuroendocrine APA-S Unknown Trans Unknown [157]
Cardiovascular
Atherosclerosis CPA Unknown Trans Unknown [158]
Cardiac hypertrophy APA CstF, PAP Trans Unknown [159,160,161,162]
Cardiac hypertrophy CPA PABPC1 Trans Unknown [163]
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated APA CFII, CPSF, PABPN1 Trans Unknown [164]
Hypertension APA-L UTR3 SNP Cis Unknown [165,166]
Hypertension APA-S DSE Cis Gain [167]
Ischemia/reperfusion injury APA-S Unknown Trans Unknown [168]
Thrombosis (Deep vein) APA-I DSE Cis Gain [169,170]
Thrombosis (Venous) CPA CS, DSE Cis Gain [171,172,173,174]
Congenital Abnormalities
Microphthalmia APA-L PAS Cis Loss [175]
Mullerian aplasia CPA Unknown Trans Unknown [176]
Bone fragility (Osteogenesis imperfecta) CPA PAS Cis Loss [177]
Rickets APA Unknown Trans Unknown [178]
Endocrine
Diabetes, neonatal CPA PAS Cis Loss [179]
Diabetes, type 2 APA Unknown Trans Unknown [180]
Hematological
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia CPA PAS Cis Loss [181]
α-Thalassemia CPA PAS Cis Loss [182]
β-Thalassemia CPA PAS Cis Loss [183,184]
Immunological
IPEX syndrome CPA PAS Cis Loss [185,186]
Nasal polyps APA Unknown Trans Unknown [187,188]
Severe combined immunodeficiency CPA PAS Cis Loss [189]
Systemic lupus erythematosus APA-L PAS Cis Gain, Loss [190,191,192,193]
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome CPA PAS Cis Loss [194]
Lung Disease
Pulmonary fibrosis APA-S CFI Trans Loss [195]
Musculoskeletal
Muscle fibrosis APA-I Unknown Trans Unknown [196]
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral CPA PAS Cis Gain [197]
Muscular dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal APA-S PABP Trans Loss [198,199]
Myotonic dystrophy APA-S CFI Trans Loss [200]
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy APA PABPN1 Trans Loss [201]
Neurological
Alzheimer Disease APA Unknown Trans Unknown [202,203,204,205,206]
Alzheimer Disease CPA U1 snRNP Trans Unknown [207]
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis APA FUS, TARDBP Trans Loss [206,208,209,210,211]
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis CPA PAS Cis Gain [212,213]
Anxiety Disorders APA-S PAS Cis SNP [214,215,216]
Fabry disease CPA PAS Cis Loss [217]
Fragile X syndrome APA-S UTR5 repeats Cis Unknown [218]
Friedreich’s Ataxia APA CPSF Trans Loss [219]
Huntington’s disease CPA PAS Cis Gain [220]
Metachromatic leukodystrophy pseudodeficiency APA-L PAS Cis Loss [221,222]
Neuropsychiatric disease APA-L CFI Trans Gain [223]
Parkinson disease APA UTR3 SNP Cis Unknown [224]
Parkinson disease APA-L PAS dopamine Trans Unknown [206,224]
Suicidal behavior APA-S PAS Cis SNP [225]
Other
Stress APA Unknown Trans Unknown [226]
Zellweger syndrome APA-S PAS Cis Loss [227]

APA—alternative polyadenylation, APA-S—APA shortening, APA-L—APA lengthening, APA-I—APA internal, CPA—cleavage and polyadenylation, PAS—polyadenylation signal, hnRNPC—heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein C, SF3A1—splicing factor 3a subunit 1, PTBP1—polypyrimidine tract binding protein 1, Pbx1—PBX homeobox 1, U1 snRNP—small nuclear ribonucleoprotein U1, TARDBP—TAR DNA binding protein.