Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28187285›Full record

ReviewCell2017

Transcriptional Addiction in Cancer.

James E Bradner, Denes Hnisz, Richard A Young

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In one paragraph

Review in Cell, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 772 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
772citing papers in PubMed
39.7field-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

772 citing papers in PubMed, 1,211 citations in OpenAlex.

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712 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.

James E BradnerNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 181 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Denes HniszWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Richard A YoungWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: young@wi.mit.edu.
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research · US

Funding

Transcriptional Regulatory Networks in Living CellsR01HG002668 · NHGRI · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI YOUNG, RICHARD · 2003 to 2016
$17.9M
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG002668
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer arises from genetic alterations that invariably lead to dysregulated transcriptional programs. These dysregulated programs can cause cancer cells to become highly dependent on certain regulators of gene expression. Here, we discuss how transcriptional control is disrupted by genetic alterations in cancer cells, why transcriptional dependencies can develop as a consequence of dysregulated programs, and how these dependencies provide opportunities for novel therapeutic interventions in cancer.

Indexed as

AnimalsDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHomeostasisHumansNeoplasmsTranscription FactorsTranscription, GeneticTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID28187285
PMCPMC5308559
OpenAlexW2586373162

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Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.