Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26912865›Full record

ReviewScience (New York, N.Y.)2016

Retrotransposons as regulators of gene expression.

Reyad A Elbarbary, Bronwyn A Lucas, Lynne E Maquat

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Review in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 243 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
243citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
105.5field-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

243 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 454 citations in OpenAlex.

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183 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.

Reyad A ElbarbaryDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
Bronwyn A LucasDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
Lynne E MaquatDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. Department of Oncology, Wilmot Cancer Institute, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. lynne_maquat@urmc.rochester.edu.
University of Rochester · US

Funding

Regulation of Normal and Defective Human GenesR37GM074593 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI MAQUAT, LYNNE E · 2014 to 2023
$4.8M
The University of Rochester Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and MedicineP30AR061307 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI SCHWARZ, EDWARD M. · 2011 to 2015
$3.0M
NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR061307NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM074593
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transposable elements (TEs) are both a boon and a bane to eukaryotic organisms, depending on where they integrate into the genome and how their sequences function once integrated. We focus on two types of TEs: long interspersed elements (LINEs) and short interspersed elements (SINEs). LINEs and SINEs are retrotransposons; that is, they transpose via an RNA intermediate. We discuss how LINEs and SINEs have expanded in eukaryotic genomes and contribute to genome evolution. An emerging body of evidence indicates that LINEs and SINEs function to regulate gene expression by affecting chromatin structure, gene transcription, pre-mRNA processing, or aspects of mRNA metabolism. We also describe how adenosine-to-inosine editing influences SINE function and how ongoing retrotransposition is countered by the body's defense mechanisms.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsChromatinDiseaseEvolution, MolecularHumansLong Interspersed Nucleotide ElementsMiceProtein BiosynthesisRNA, MessengerRNA PrecursorsRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalRNA StabilityShort Interspersed Nucleotide ElementsTranscription, GeneticChromatinRNA, MessengerRNA Precursors

Identifiers

PMID26912865
PMCPMC4788378
OpenAlexW2275033707

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