Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18558649›Full record

ReviewGenetics2008

Aneuploidy: cells losing their balance.

Eduardo M Torres, Bret R Williams, Angelika Amon

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In one paragraph

Review in Genetics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 243 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
243citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

243 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 416 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Investigating the Consequences of Aneuploidy in Cancer and Normal Tissue.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  12. Whole-chromosome duplications drive antimicrobial resistance inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  13. The Hallmarks of Aneuploidy in Cancer and Congenital Syndromes.Annual review of genomics and human genetics · 2025
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183 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Eduardo M TorresDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.
Bret R Williams
Angelika Amon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

Regulation of Mitosis by Proteolysis in YeastR01GM056800 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI AMON, ANGELIKA B · 2004 to 2015
$3.4M
REGULATION OF MITOSIS BY PROTEOLYSIS IN YEASTR29GM056800 · NIGMS · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI AMON, ANGELIKA B · 1997 to 2003
$738k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS GM56800NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM056800NIGMS NIH HHS R29 GM056800
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A change in chromosome number that is not the exact multiple of the haploid karyotype is known as aneuploidy. This condition interferes with growth and development of an organism and is a common characteristic of solid tumors. Here, we review the history of studies on aneuploidy and summarize some of its major characteristics. We will then discuss the molecular basis for the defects caused by aneuploidy and end with speculations as to whether and how aneuploidy, despite its deleterious effects on organismal and cellular fitness, contributes to tumorigenesis.

Indexed as

AneuploidyAnimalsEmbryonic DevelopmentGene DosageGene DuplicationHumansMiceModels, GeneticNeoplasms

Identifiers

PMID18558649
PMCPMC2429870
OpenAlexW2108356291

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.