Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21973217›Full record

ReviewJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2012

Pharmaceutical regulation of telomerase and its clinical potential.

Alyssa A Sprouse, Catherine E Steding, Brittney-Shea Herbert

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 66 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.

Alyssa A SprouseDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Catherine E Steding
Brittney-Shea Herbert
Indiana University School of MedicineIndiana University Health · US

Funding

BASIC SCIENCE STUDIES ON GENE THERAPY OF BLOOD DISEASEST32HL007910 · NHLBI · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI Roland W. Herzog, Reuben Kapur · 1999 to 2026
$7.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007910
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telomeres serve the dual function of protecting chromosomes from genomic instability as well as protecting the ends of chromosomes from DNA damage machinery. The enzyme responsible for telomere maintenance is telomerase, an enzyme capable of reverse transcription. Telomerase activity is typically limited to specific cell types. However, telomerase activation in somatic cells serves as a key step toward cell immortalization and cancer. Targeting telomerase serves as a potential cancer treatment with significant therapeutic benefits. Beyond targeting cancers by inhibiting telomerase, manipulating the regulation of telomerase may also provide therapeutic benefit to other ailments, such as those related to aging. This review will introduce human telomeres and telomerase and discuss pharmacological regulation of telomerase, including telomerase inhibitors and activators, and their use in human diseases.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsDNAEnzyme InhibitorsHumansNeoplasmsPlant ExtractsTelomeraseTelomereTelomere HomeostasisAntineoplastic AgentsDNAEnzyme InhibitorsPlant ExtractsTelomerase

Identifiers

PMID21973217
PMCPMC3251731
OpenAlexW1990630639

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Registered trials

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