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ReviewDNA repair2007

Human variants of O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase.

Anthony E Pegg, Qingming Fang, Natalia A Loktionova

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Review in DNA repair, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anthony E PeggDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. aep1@psu.edu
Qingming Fang
Natalia A Loktionova
Pennsylvania State University · USPenn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · US

Funding

PERSISTENCE OF ALKYLATED DNA IN CARCINOGENESISR01CA018137 · NCI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI KANUGULA, SREENIVAS · 1985 to 2011
$2.8M
ALKYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITORS FOR CANCER CHEMOTHERAPYR01CA071976 · NCI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI KANUGULA, SREENIVAS · 1996 to 2010
$2.7M
PERSISTENCE OF ALKYLATED DNA IN CARCINOGENESISR37CA018137 · NCI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI PEGG, ANTHONY E · 1989 to 2009
$972k
NCI NIH HHS CA018137NCI NIH HHS CA071976NCI NIH HHS R01 CA018137NCI NIH HHS R01 CA071976NCI NIH HHS R37 CA018137
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article summarizes the current understanding of known variant forms of the MGMT gene that encode an altered protein. Epidemiological studies have been carried out to test whether these alterations are associated with altered cancer risk. Laboratory studies using recombinant proteins and cells expressing the known variants have investigated the possible effects of these sequence alterations on the ability of the encoded O(6)-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase protein to protect cells from alkylation damage and to respond to therapeutic inactivators currently undergoing trials for cancer chemotherapy.

Indexed as

Genetic VariationAmino Acid SubstitutionDNA Modification MethylasesDNA RepairDNA Repair EnzymesFemaleGene ExpressionHumansIn Vitro TechniquesMaleNeoplasmsO(6)-Methylguanine-DNA MethyltransferasePolymorphism, Single NucleotideRecombinant ProteinsTumor Suppressor ProteinsDNA Modification MethylasesDNA Repair EnzymesMGMT protein, humanO(6)-Methylguanine-DNA MethyltransferaseRecombinant ProteinsTumor Suppressor Proteins

Identifiers

PMID17482892
PMCPMC2030992
OpenAlexW1974251861

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Registered trials

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