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ReviewDevelopmental biology2010

Histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) methylation in development and differentiation.

Joel C Eissenberg, Ali Shilatifard

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Review in Developmental biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 191 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
191citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.1field-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

191 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 374 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  14. Chromatin modifiers in neurodevelopment.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2025
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131 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Joel C EissenbergEdward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1100 South Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA. eissenjc@slu.edu
Ali Shilatifard
Saint Louis University · ESStowers Institute for Medical Research · US

Funding

Chromatin Modifications by Histone Ubiquitination and MethylationsR01GM069905 · NIGMS · STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI SHILATIFARD, ALI · 2004 to 2015
$4.7M
Physiological Role of MLL and ELL Proteins in LeukemiaR01CA089455 · NCI · STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI SHILATIFARD, ALI · 2001 to 2015
$3.5M
The COMPASS family of H3K4 methylases in development and cancerR01CA150265 · NCI · STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI SHILATIFARD, ALI · 2010 to 2015
$2.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA089455NCI NIH HHS R01 CA150265NCI NIH HHS R01CA89455NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM069905NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM069905
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Covalent modification of histones on chromatin is a dynamic mechanism by which various nuclear processes are regulated. Methylation of histone H3 on lysine 4 (H3K4) implemented by the macromolecular complex COMPASS and its related complexes is associated with transcriptionally active regions of chromatin. Enzymes that catalyze H3K4 methylation were initially characterized genetically as regulators of Hox loci, long before their catalytic functions were recognized. Since their discovery, genetic and biochemical studies of H3K4 methylases and demethylases have provided important mechanistic insight into the role of H3K4 methylation in HOX gene regulation during development.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAnimalsChromatinDrosophilaGenes, HomeoboxHistonesHumansLysineMethylationModels, BiologicalNuclear ProteinsChromatinHistonesLysineNuclear Proteins

Identifiers

PMID19703438
PMCPMC3711867
OpenAlexW2084719919

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