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ReviewNucleus (Austin, Tex.)2015

3D genome organization in health and disease: emerging opportunities in cancer translational medicine.

Deepak Babu, Melissa J Fullwood

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Review in Nucleus (Austin, Tex.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing 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

29 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Multiscale modeling primer: Focus on chromatin and epigenetics.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026
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  3. A 3D Genome Atlas of Genetic Variants and Their Pathological Effects in Cancer.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  7. Genome research · 2022
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  15. Chromatin Conformation in Development and Disease.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
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  17. Specific subfamilies of transposable elements contribute to different domains of T lymphocyte enhancers.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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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

2 authors.

Deepak Babua Cancer Science Institute of Singapore: Singapore; National University of Singapore ; Singapore.
Melissa J Fullwooda Cancer Science Institute of Singapore: Singapore; National University of Singapore ; Singapore.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organizing the DNA to fit inside a spatially constrained nucleus is a challenging problem that has attracted the attention of scientists across all disciplines of science. Increasing evidence has demonstrated the importance of genome geometry in several cellular contexts that affect human health. Among several approaches, the application of sequencing technologies has substantially increased our understanding of this intricate organization, also known as chromatin interactions. These structures are involved in transcriptional control of gene expression by connecting distal regulatory elements with their target genes and regulating co-transcriptional splicing. In addition, chromatin interactions play pivotal roles in the organization of the genome, the formation of structural variants, recombination, DNA replication and cell division. Mutations in factors that regulate chromatin interactions lead to the development of pathological conditions, for example, cancer. In this review, we discuss key findings that have shed light on the importance of these structures in the context of cancers, and highlight the applicability of chromatin interactions as potential biomarkers in molecular medicine as well as therapeutic implications of chromatin interactions.

Indexed as

Genome, HumanHealthTranslational Research, BiomedicalChromatinHumansModels, BiologicalNeoplasmsPrecision MedicineChromatin3D genome organizationbiomarkerscancerChIA-PETchromatin interactionstranslational medicine

Identifiers

PMID26553406
PMCPMC4915485

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