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ReviewCurrent opinion in genetics & development2016

How retrotransposons shape genome regulation.

Paolo Mita, Jef D Boeke

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Review in Current opinion in genetics & development, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
102citing papers in PubMed
55.5field-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

102 citing papers in PubMed, 207 citations in OpenAlex.

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42 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.

Paolo MitaInstitute for Systems Genetics, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Langone Medical Center, 430 East 29 Street, NY, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: paolo.mita@nyumc.org.
Jef D BoekeInstitute for Systems Genetics, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Langone Medical Center, 430 East 29 Street, NY, NY 10016, USA.
NYU Langone Health · US

Funding

Training CoreP50GM107632 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI BOEKE, JEF D · 2013 to 2017
$10.0M
Retrotransposon instability in glioblastoma multiformeR01CA161210 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI BOEKE, JEF D · 2011 to 2014
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA161210NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM107632
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retrotransposons are mutagenic units able to move within the genome. Despite many defenses deployed by the host to suppress potentially harmful activities of retrotransposons, these genetic units have found ways to meld with normal cellular functions through processes of exaptation and domestication. The same host mechanisms targeting transposon mobility allow for expansion and rewiring of gene regulatory networks on an evolutionary time scale. Recent works demonstrating retrotransposon activity during development, cell differentiation and neurogenesis shed new light on unexpected activities of transposable elements. Moreover, new technological advances illuminated subtler nuances of the complex relationship between retrotransposons and the host genome, clarifying the role of retroelements in evolution, development and impact on human disease.

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularCell DifferentiationGene Expression RegulationGene Regulatory NetworksGenome, HumanHumansRetroelementsRetroelements

Identifiers

PMID26855260
PMCPMC4914423
OpenAlexW2292205765

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