From development to disease: the neuronal role of hnRNPs through the lens of Drosophila (opens in new tab)

Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) are a large family of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) involved in multiple aspects of nucleic acid metabolism, ranging from DNA maintenance to RNA splicing and translation. As a consequence, hnRNPs play a pivotal role during development and in cellular homeostasis, and their dysregulation has been linked to a wide range of diseases, in particular cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. Owing to the high evolutionary conservation of their domains a...