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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2013

Molecular mechanisms underlying RB protein function.

Frederick A Dick, Seth M Rubin

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 331 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
331citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
25.3field-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

331 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 556 citations in OpenAlex.

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271 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.

Frederick A DickLondon Regional Cancer Program, Children's Health Research Institute, and Department of Biochemistry, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 4L6, Canada. fdick@uwo.ca
Seth M Rubin
University of California, Santa Cruz · USWestern University · CA

Funding

Molecular Mechanisms Regulating the Retinoblastoma Protein FamilyR01CA132685 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI RUBIN, SETH MICHAEL · 2008 to 2017
$3.0M
CIHR MOP64253CIHR MOP89765NCI NIH HHS R01 CA132685NCI NIH HHS R01CA132685
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inactivation of the RB protein is one of the most fundamental events in cancer. Coming to a molecular understanding of its function in normal cells and how it impedes cancer development has been challenging. Historically, the ability of RB to regulate the cell cycle placed it in a central role in proliferative control, and research focused on RB regulation of the E2F family of transcription factors. Remarkably, several recent studies have found additional tumour-suppressor functions of RB, including alternative roles in the cell cycle, maintenance of genome stability and apoptosis. These advances and new structural studies are combining to define the multifunctionality of RB.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCell CycleGenomic InstabilityHumansRetinoblastoma ProteinRetinoblastoma Protein

Identifiers

PMID23594950
PMCPMC4754300
OpenAlexW1986960362

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