Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21278452›Full record

ReviewJournal of molecular cell biology2011

Epigenetic changes of DNA repair genes in cancer.

Christoph Lahtz, Gerd P Pfeifer

Open access · bronzeAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Journal of molecular cell biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
87citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

87 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 213 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Higher Levels ofMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Role of BRCA1 in glioblastoma etiology.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2024
    Review
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article

27 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 1 country.

Christoph LahtzDepartment of Cancer Biology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
Gerd P Pfeifer
Beckman Research InstituteCity of Hope · US

Funding

UV damage, repair, and mutagenesisR37ES006070 · NIEHS · CITY OF HOPE/BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI PFEIFER, GERD P · 2004 to 2013
$3.7M
UV DAMAGE, REPAIR AND MUTAGENESISR01ES006070 · NIEHS · CITY OF HOPE/BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI PFEIFER, GERD P · 1992 to 2003
$1.1M
NIEHS NIH HHS ES06070
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

'Every Hour Hurts, The Last One Kills'. That is an old saying about getting old. Every day, thousands of DNA damaging events take place in each cell of our body, but efficient DNA repair systems have evolved to prevent that. However, our DNA repair system and that of most other organisms are not as perfect as that of Deinococcus radiodurans, for example, which is able to repair massive amounts of DNA damage at one time. In many instances, accumulation of DNA damage has been linked to cancer, and genetic deficiencies in specific DNA repair genes are associated with tumor-prone phenotypes. In addition to mutations, which can be either inherited or somatically acquired, epigenetic silencing of DNA repair genes may promote tumorigenesis. This review will summarize current knowledge of the epigenetic inactivation of different DNA repair components in human cancer.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticAnimalsDNADNA DamageDNA RepairHumansNeoplasmsDNA

Identifiers

PMID21278452
PMCPMC3030973
OpenAlexW2139097459

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.