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ReviewChromosoma2013

The nucleolus—guardian of cellular homeostasis and genome integrity.

Ingrid Grummt

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Review in Chromosoma, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers.

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125citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

125 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Fibrillarin: bridging ribosome biogenesis and apoptosis in cellular stress and disease.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  9. lncRNA localization and feature interpretability analysis.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2025
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  13. Transcriptional Silencing of 35S rDNA inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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65 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

1 author.

Ingrid Grummt

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All organisms sense and respond to conditions that stress their homeostasis by downregulating the synthesis of rRNA and ribosome biogenesis, thus designating the nucleolus as the central hub in coordinating the cellular stress response. One of the most intriguing roles of the nucleolus, long regarded as a mere ribosome-producing factory, is its participation in monitoring cellular stress signals and transmitting them to the RNA polymerase I (Pol I) transcription machinery. As rRNA synthesis is a most energy-consuming process, switching off transcription of rRNA genes is an effective way of saving the energy required to maintain cellular homeostasis during acute stress. The Pol I transcription machinery is the key convergence point that collects and integrates a vast array of information from cellular signaling cascades to regulate ribosome production which, in turn, guides cell growth and proliferation. This review focuses on the mechanisms that link cell physiology to rDNA silencing, a prerequisite for nucleolar integrity and cell survival.

Indexed as

Gene SilencingAnimalsCell NucleolusDNA, RibosomalDown-RegulationEpigenesis, GeneticGenomic InstabilityHomeostasisHumansProtein BiosynthesisRNA Polymerase IRNA, RibosomalSignal TransductionStress, PhysiologicalTranscription, GeneticDNA, RibosomalRNA Polymerase IRNA, Ribosomal

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