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ArticleCurrent protocols in cytometry2015

Visualization of Telomere Integrity and Function In Vitro and In Vivo Using Immunofluorescence Techniques.

Anthony J Cesare, Christopher M Heaphy, Roderick J O'Sullivan

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Article in Current protocols in cytometry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Anthony J CesareChildren's Medical Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Westmead, Australia.
Christopher M HeaphyJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Roderick J O'SullivanUniversity of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Children's Medical Research Institute · AUJohns Hopkins Medicine · USUPMC Hillman Cancer Center · US

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Jessie Nedrow · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In cancer cells, telomere length maintenance occurs largely via the direct synthesis of TTAGGG repeats at chromosome ends by telomerase, or less frequently by the recombination-dependent alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway. The latter is characterized by the atypical clustering of telomeres within promyelocytic leukemia (PML) nuclear bodies, which harbor proteins that are linked with DNA repair and recombination activity. For this reason, it is speculated that these associated PML bodies represent the sites of the recombination that maintains telomere length. The protocols described here can be employed for the routine investigation of the structural integrity of telomeres and the association of proteins at telomeres in normal cells, challenged cells, and archived formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded clinical tissue specimens that may have activated the ALT pathway.

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Base SequenceCell AdhesionCentrifugationChromosomesDNAFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMitosisSister Chromatid ExchangeTelomereTissue BanksDNAALT pathwayDNA damagemetaphasetelomeres

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PMID26132175
PMCPMC4862373
OpenAlexW1586705704

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