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ArticleOncology letters2013

Telomerase reverse transcriptase promotes the proliferation of human laryngeal carcinoma cells through activation of the activator protein 1.

Yang Jiang, Chen Chen, Shi-Ming Chen, Ya-Qiu Wang, Yong Xu, Yan Wang, Zhe Chen, Bo-Kui Xiao, Ze-Zhang Tao

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Article in Oncology letters, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yang JiangDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, P.R. China.
Chen Chen
Shi-Ming Chen
Ya-Qiu Wang
Yong Xu
Yan Wang
Zhe Chen
Bo-Kui Xiao
Ze-Zhang Tao
Wuhan University · CNRenmin Hospital of Wuhan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TERT is the main functional unit of telomerase, which maintains telomere length and chromosome structure stability. TERT has been shown to act as a key factor in various biological processes, such as cell proliferation, via uncharacterized mechanisms. We transfected HEp-2 laryngeal carcinoma cells with a TERT overexpressing adenovirus (Ad-TERT) and TERT shRNA silencing adenovirus (Ad-sh-TERT), and examined the effect on TERT and the AP-1 transcription factor subunits c-Fos and c-Jun using RT-PCR and western blot analysis.

Indexed as

activator protein 1extracellular regulated protein kinaselaryngeal carcinomap38telomerase reverse transcriptase

Identifiers

PMID23946780
PMCPMC3742814
OpenAlexW2062448931

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