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ReviewGenome biology2016

Transposable elements in the mammalian embryo: pioneers surviving through stealth and service.

Patricia Gerdes, Sandra R Richardson, Dixie L Mager, Geoffrey J Faulkner

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Review in Genome biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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97citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

97 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  14. SINE-Associated LncRNA SAWPA Regulates Porcine Zygotic Genome Activation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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37 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

4 authors.

Patricia GerdesMater Research Institute, University of Queensland, TRI Building, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia.
Sandra R RichardsonMater Research Institute, University of Queensland, TRI Building, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia.
Dixie L MagerDepartment of Medical Genetics, Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1L3, Canada. dmager@bccrc.ca.
Geoffrey J FaulknerMater Research Institute, University of Queensland, TRI Building, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia. faulknergj@gmail.com.

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP-10825
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transposable elements (TEs) are notable drivers of genetic innovation. Over evolutionary time, TE insertions can supply new promoter, enhancer, and insulator elements to protein-coding genes and establish novel, species-specific gene regulatory networks. Conversely, ongoing TE-driven insertional mutagenesis, nonhomologous recombination, and other potentially deleterious processes can cause sporadic disease by disrupting genome integrity or inducing abrupt gene expression changes. Here, we discuss recent evidence suggesting that TEs may contribute regulatory innovation to mammalian embryonic and pluripotent states as a means to ward off complete repression by their host genome.

Indexed as

DNA Transposable ElementsAnimalsCell DifferentiationEmbryonic DevelopmentEndogenous RetrovirusesGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansDNA Transposable Elements

Identifiers

PMID27161170
PMCPMC4862087

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