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ArticleGenes2013

Pathological and evolutionary implications of retroviruses as mobile genetic elements.

Madeline Hayes, Mackenzie Whitesell, Mark A Brown

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Article in Genes, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Molecular functions of human endogenous retroviruses in health and disease.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2015
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Madeline HayesDepartment of Biology, Colorado State University, 801 Oval Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. hayesmad@rams.colostate.edu.
Mackenzie WhitesellDepartment of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, 801 Oval Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. mwhitese@rams.colostate.edu.
Mark A BrownDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, Colorado State University, 801 Oval Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. M.Brown@colostate.edu.
Colorado State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retroviruses, a form of mobile genetic elements, have important roles in disease and primate evolution. Exogenous retroviruses, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), have significant pathological implications that have created a massive public health challenge in recent years. Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), which are the primary focus of this review, can also be pathogenic, as well as being beneficial to a host in some cases. Furthermore, retroviruses may have played a key role in primate evolution that resulted in the incorporation of these elements into the human genome. Retroviruses are mobile genetic elements that have important roles in disease and primate evolution. We will further discuss the pathogenic potential of retroviruses, including their role in cancer biology, and will briefly summarize their evolutionary implications.

Identifiers

PMID24705263
PMCPMC3927575
OpenAlexW2062607499

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