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ReviewChemical research in toxicology2009

An overview of chemical processes that damage cellular DNA: spontaneous hydrolysis, alkylation, and reactions with radicals.

Kent S Gates

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In one paragraph

Review in Chemical research in toxicology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 202 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
202citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.3field-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

202 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 471 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. An interstrand DNA crosslink glycosylase aidsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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142 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kent S GatesDepartments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, Missouri 65211. gatesk@missouri.edu
University of Missouri · US

Funding

DNA ALKYLATION BY THE ANTITUMOR ANTIBIOTIC LEINAMYCINR01CA083925 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI GATES, KENT S · 2000 to 2009
$1.6M
Chemical and Biological Mechanisms of LeinamycinR01CA119131 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI GATES, KENT S · 2006 to 2010
$1.3M
DNA Damage by Tumor Cell-Specific N-OxidesR01CA100757 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI GATES, KENT S · 2003 to 2006
$677k
NCI NIH HHS CA 119131NCI NIH HHS CA83925NCI NIH HHS R01 CA083925NCI NIH HHS R01 CA100757NCI NIH HHS R01 CA119131
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The sequence of heterocyclic bases on the interior of the DNA double helix constitutes the genetic code that drives the operation of all living organisms. With this said, it is not surprising that chemical modification of cellular DNA can have profound biological consequences. Therefore, the organic chemistry of DNA damage is fundamentally important to diverse fields including medicinal chemistry, toxicology, and biotechnology. This review is designed to provide a brief overview of the common types of chemical reactions that lead to DNA damage under physiological conditions.

Indexed as

DNA DamageAlkylationDNADNA AdductsFree RadicalsHydrolysisDNADNA AdductsFree Radicals

Identifiers

PMID19757819
PMCPMC2806061
OpenAlexW2028553114

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Registered trials

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