Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25644600›Full record

ReviewGenes & development2015

Chromatin signatures of cancer.

Marc A Morgan, Ali Shilatifard

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Review in Genes & development, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 148 papers.

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148citing papers in PubMed
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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

148 citing papers in PubMed, 220 citations in OpenAlex.

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88 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marc A MorganDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
Ali ShilatifardDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

Chromatin Modifications by Histone Ubiquitination and MethylationsR01GM069905 · NIGMS · STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI SHILATIFARD, ALI · 2004 to 2015
$4.7M
Physiological Role of MLL and ELL Proteins in LeukemiaR01CA089455 · NCI · STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI SHILATIFARD, ALI · 2001 to 2015
$3.5M
The COMPASS family of H3K4 methylases in development and cancerR01CA150265 · NCI · STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI SHILATIFARD, ALI · 2010 to 2015
$2.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA089455NCI NIH HHS R01 CA150265NCI NIH HHS R01CA150265NCI NIH HHS R01CA89455NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM069905NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM069905
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Changes in the pattern of gene expression play an important role in allowing cancer cells to acquire their hallmark characteristics, while genomic instability enables cells to acquire genetic alterations that promote oncogenesis. Chromatin plays central roles in both transcriptional regulation and the maintenance of genomic stability. Studies by cancer genome consortiums have identified frequent mutations in genes encoding chromatin regulatory factors and histone proteins in human cancer, implicating them as major mediators in the pathogenesis of both hematological malignancies and solid tumors. Here, we review recent advances in our understanding of the role of chromatin in cancer, focusing on transcriptional regulatory complexes, enhancer-associated factors, histone point mutations, and alterations in heterochromatin-interacting factors.

Indexed as

AnimalsChromatinHistonesHumansMutationNeoplasmsRegulatory Elements, TranscriptionalChromatinHistonescancerchromatinhistone proteins

Identifiers

PMID25644600
PMCPMC4318141
OpenAlexW2128513945

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