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ArticleRNA biology2014

The differential processing of telomeres in response to increased telomeric transcription and RNA-DNA hybrid accumulation.

Bettina Balk, Martina Dees, Katharina Bender, Brian Luke

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Article in RNA biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Mechanisms underlining R-loop biology and implications for human disease.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  4. Telomere Reprogramming and Cellular Metabolism: Is There a Link?International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  9. Telomere Attrition in Chronic Kidney Diseases.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bettina BalkZentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH); Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)-ZMBH Alliance; Heidelberg, Germany.
Martina DeesZentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH); Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)-ZMBH Alliance; Heidelberg, Germany.
Katharina BenderZentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH); Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)-ZMBH Alliance; Heidelberg, Germany.
Brian LukeZentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH); Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)-ZMBH Alliance; Heidelberg, Germany.
Heidelberg University · DEDigital Research Alliance of CanadaDKFZ-ZMBH Alliance · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telomeres are protective nucleoprotein structures at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes. Despite the heterochromatic state of telomeres they are transcribed, generating non-coding telomeric repeat-containing RNA (TERRA). Strongly induced TERRA transcription has been shown to cause telomere shortening and accelerated senescence in the absence of both telomerase and homology-directed repair (HDR). Moreover, it has recently been demonstrated that TERRA forms RNA-DNA hybrids at chromosome ends. The accumulation of RNA-DNA hybrids at telomeres also leads to rapid senescence and telomere loss in the absence of telomerase and HDR. Conversely, in the presence of HDR, telomeric RNA-DNA hybrid accumulation and increased telomere transcription promote telomere recombination, and hence, delayed senescence. Here, we demonstrate that despite these similar phenotypic outcomes, telomeres that are highly transcribed are not processed in the same manner as those that accumulate RNA-DNA hybrids.

Indexed as

Telomere ShorteningTranscription, GeneticBacteriaCellular SenescenceChromosomesDNAExodeoxyribonucleasesHumansModels, MolecularRad52 DNA Repair and Recombination ProteinRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidRNATelomereYeastsDNAexodeoxyribonuclease IExodeoxyribonucleasesRad52 DNA Repair and Recombination ProteinRNAExo1R-loopRNA-DNA hybridRNase HsenescencetelomereTERRA

Identifiers

PMID24525824
PMCPMC3973735
OpenAlexW1993365187

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