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ArticleEMBO reports2017

TZAP-ing telomeres down to size.

Laura Garcia-Exposito, Roderick J O'Sullivan

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Article in EMBO reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Telomere Length Dynamics and the Evolution of Cancer Genome Architecture.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laura Garcia-ExpositoDepartment of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Center (UPCI), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Roderick J O'SullivanDepartment of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Center (UPCI), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center · US

Funding

Inhibition of the ALT pathway by interfering with Poly-ADP-Ribose metabolismR01CA207209 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Roderick O'Sullivan · 2016 to 2026
$3.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA207209
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The phenomenon of gradual telomere shortening has become a paradigm for how we understand the biology of aging and cancer. Cell proliferation is accompanied by cumulative telomere loss, and the aged cell either senesces, dies or transforms toward cancer. This transformation requires the activation of telomere elongation mechanisms in order to restore telomere length such that cell death or senescence programs are not induced. Most of the time, this occurs through telomerase reactivation. In other rare cases, the Alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway hijacks DNA recombination-associated mechanisms to hyperextend telomeres, often to more than 50 kb. Why telomere length is restricted and what sets their maximal length has been a long-standing puzzle in cell biology. Two recent studies published in this issue of

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TelomereAnimalsCarrier ProteinsTelomeraseTelomere-Binding ProteinsTelomere HomeostasisVertebratesCarrier ProteinsTelomeraseTelomere-Binding Proteins

Identifiers

PMID28500256
PMCPMC5452027
OpenAlexW2612083300

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