Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27216914›Full record

ReviewCurrent gene therapy2016

Tet-On Systems For Doxycycline-inducible Gene Expression.

Atze T Das, Liliane Tenenbaum, Ben Berkhout

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Review in Current gene therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 250 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
250citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

250 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 433 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Atze T DasLaboratory of Experimental Virology, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. a.t.das@amc.uva.nl.
Liliane Tenenbaum
Ben Berkhout
Academic Medical Center · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tetracycline-controlled Tet-Off and Tet-On gene expression systems are used to regulate the activity of genes in eukaryotic cells in diverse settings, varying from basic biological research to biotechnology and gene therapy applications. These systems are based on regulatory elements that control the activity of the tetracycline-resistance operon in bacteria. The Tet-Off system allows silencing of gene expression by administration of tetracycline (Tc) or tetracycline-derivatives like doxycycline (dox), whereas the Tet-On system allows activation of gene expression by dox. Since the initial design and construction of the original Tet-system, these bacterium-derived systems have been significantly improved for their function in eukaryotic cells. We here review how a dox-controlled HIV-1 variant was designed and used to greatly improve the activity and dox-sensitivity of the rtTA transcriptional activator component of the Tet-On system. These optimized rtTA variants require less dox for activation, which will reduce side effects and allow gene control in tissues where a relatively low dox level can be reached, such as the brain.

Indexed as

AIDS VaccinesBacterial ProteinsCarrier ProteinsDoxycyclineEscherichia coliGene Expression RegulationGenetic TherapyHIV-1HumansOperonPromoter Regions, GeneticTetracyclineTransfectionVaccines, AttenuatedAIDS VaccinesBacterial ProteinsCarrier ProteinsDoxycyclineTet O resistance protein, BacteriaTetracyclineVaccines, Attenuated

Identifiers

PMID27216914
PMCPMC5070417
OpenAlexW2398436462

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