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ReviewViruses2011

Insertional oncogenesis by non-acute retroviruses: implications for gene therapy.

Hung Fan, Chassidy Johnson

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In one paragraph

Review in Viruses, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 49 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hung FanDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Cancer Research Institute, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. hyfan@uci.edu
Chassidy Johnson
Cancer Research Institute · USUniversity of California, Irvine · US

Funding

CARCINOGENESIST32CA009054 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI EDINGER, AIMEE L, FRUMAN, DAVID ALEXANDER · 1985 to 2025
$8.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01CA32154NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009054NCI NIH HHS T342CA09054
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retroviruses cause cancers in a variety of animals and humans. Research on retroviruses has provided important insights into mechanisms of oncogenesis in humans, including the discovery of viral oncogenes and cellular proto-oncogenes. The subject of this review is the mechanisms by which retroviruses that do not carry oncogenes (non-acute retroviruses) cause cancers. The common theme is that these tumors result from insertional activation of cellular proto-oncogenes by integration of viral DNA. Early research on insertional activation of proto-oncogenes in virus-induced tumors is reviewed. Research on non-acute retroviruses has led to the discovery of new proto-oncogenes through searches for common insertion sites (CISs) in virus-induced tumors. Cooperation between different proto-oncogenes in development of tumors has been elucidated through the study of retrovirus-induced tumors, and retroviral infection of genetically susceptible mice (retroviral tagging) has been used to identify cellular proto-oncogenes active in specific oncogenic pathways. The pace of proto-oncogene discovery has been accelerated by technical advances including PCR cloning of viral integration sites, the availability of the mouse genome sequence, and high throughput DNA sequencing. Insertional activation has proven to be a significant risk in gene therapy trials to correct genetic defects with retroviral vectors. Studies on non-acute retroviral oncogenesis provide insight into the potential risks, and the mechanisms of oncogenesis.

Indexed as

Mutagenesis, InsertionalAnimalsGenetic TherapyHumansMiceNeoplasmsProto-Oncogene MasProto-Oncogene ProteinsRetroviridaeRetroviridae InfectionsVirus IntegrationMAS1 protein, humanProto-Oncogene MasProto-Oncogene Proteinsgene therapynon-acute retrovirusoncogeneoncogenesisproto-oncogeneretroviral vectorretrovirus

Identifiers

PMID21994739
PMCPMC3186009
OpenAlexW2133735200

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