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ReviewInternational journal of clinical oncology2018

BRCA1 gene: function and deficiency.

Miho Takaoka, Yoshio Miki

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Review in International journal of clinical oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
63citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 120 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pathogenic variants inJournal of medicine and life · 2025
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  7. American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2025
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  12. Biallelic GermlineInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  17. BRCA Mutations and Fertility Preservation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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3 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Miho TakaokaDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan.
Yoshio MikiDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan. miki.mgen@mri.tmd.ac.jp.
Tokyo Medical and Dental University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The BRCA1 protein, a hereditary breast and ovarian cancer-causing gene product, is known as a multifunctional protein that performs various functions in cells. It is well known, along with BRCA 2, to cause hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, but here we will specifically focus on BRCA1. We introduce the mechanism and the latest report on homologous recombination repair, replication, involvement in checkpoint regulation, transcription, chromatin remodeling, and cytoplasmic function (centrosome regulation, apoptosis, selective autophagy), and consider the possibility of carcinogenesis from inhibition of the intracellular functions in each. We also consider the possibility of drug development based on each function. Finally, we will explain, from data obtained through basic research, that an appropriate regimen is important for raising the response rate for poly (ADP)-ribose polymerase inhibitors, in the case of low susceptibility, iatrogenic toxicity, tolerance, etc.

Indexed as

ApoptosisBRCA1 ProteinBreast NeoplasmsCell Cycle CheckpointsChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyDNA RepairFemaleGenes, BRCA1Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseHomologous RecombinationHumansMutationOvarian NeoplasmsPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsBRCA1 ProteinBRCA1 protein, humanPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsBRCA1Gene mutationHereditary breast and ovarian cancerPARP inhibitor

Identifiers

PMID28884397
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