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Early studies demonstrated that ABLIM2, along with family members, binds strongly to F‐actin and localizes to actin stress fibers, where it cooperates with stress–activated proteins (such as STARS) to enhance SRF‐dependent transcription in muscle and neuronal cells."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_fs", "start_ref": "1", "end_ref": "3"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": " In addition to its well‐defined structural role in cytoskeletal dynamics and transcriptional regulation in muscle and nervous tissue, ABLIM2 has been found to exhibit tissue‐specific expression that is highest in brain, retina, and other neuronal tissues, consistent with a role in maintaining normal neural function.\n "}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n "}, {"type": "p", "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "\n Beyond its canonical function, changes in ABLIM2 expression or splicing have been observed in several disease contexts. In lung adenocarcinoma cells, decreased levels of its transcript (as the host gene for pri–miR‐95) correlated with increased invasiveness and brain metastasis, implicating it in tumor progression."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "4"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": " Moreover, alternative splicing events that involve ABLIM2 have emerged in models of opioid‐induced hyperalgesia, suggesting that isoform diversity may contribute to altered transcriptional regulation in pain pathways"}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "5"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": ", while its epigenetic modulation has been associated with cadmium–induced breast carcinogenesis."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "6"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n "}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n "}, {"type": "p", "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "\n Comparative genomic studies further support a broad role for ABLIM2 in vertebrate biology. 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