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ReviewNature reviews. Cancer2014

DICER1: mutations, microRNAs and mechanisms.

William D Foulkes, John R Priest, Thomas F Duchaine

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Review in Nature reviews. Cancer, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 269 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
269citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
37.8field-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

269 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 538 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinomas: conceptual controversy and clinical impact.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2024
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  6. Rare child primary intracranial sarcoma associated with DICER1 mutation: a case report and review of the literature.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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  9. Cell-type Specific Alteration ofbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  19. Expanding the Molecular Data ofHuman mutation · 2026
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209 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

William D Foulkes1] Departments of Human Genetics, Medicine and Oncology, McGill University; Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital and Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [2].
John R Priest1] [2].
Thomas F Duchaine1] Department of Biochemistry and Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1A3. [2].
McGill University · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP 86577
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dicer is central to microRNA-mediated silencing and several other RNA interference phenomena that are profoundly embedded in cancer gene networks. Most recently, both germline and somatic mutations in DICER1 have been identified in diverse types of cancer. Although some of the mutations clearly reduce the dosage of this key enzyme, others dictate surprisingly specific changes in select classes of small RNAs. This Review reflects on the molecular properties of the Dicer enzymes in small RNA silencing pathways, and rationalizes the newly discovered mutations on the basis of the activities and functions of its determinants.

Indexed as

AnimalsDEAD-box RNA HelicasesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansMicroRNAsMutationNeoplasmsProtein Structure, TertiaryRibonuclease IIIRNA InterferenceDEAD-box RNA HelicasesDICER1 protein, humanMicroRNAsRibonuclease III

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PMID25176334
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