Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29373828›Full record

ReviewCell2018

Functional Classification and Experimental Dissection of Long Noncoding RNAs.

Florian Kopp, Joshua T Mendell

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Review in Cell, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2,216 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2,216citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
143.3field-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

2,216 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 3,764 citations in OpenAlex.

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2,156 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Florian KoppDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Joshua T MendellDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA. Electronic address: joshua.mendell@utsouthwestern.edu.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

The intersection of RNA biology and tumor biologyR35CA197311 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI MENDELL, JOSHUA T · 2015 to 2021
$5.1M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS R35 CA197311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the last decade, it has been increasingly demonstrated that the genomes of many species are pervasively transcribed, resulting in the production of numerous long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs). At the same time, it is now appreciated that many types of DNA regulatory elements, such as enhancers and promoters, regularly initiate bi-directional transcription. Thus, discerning functional noncoding transcripts from a vast transcriptome is a paramount priority, and challenge, for the lncRNA field. In this review, we aim to provide a conceptual and experimental framework for classifying and elucidating lncRNA function. We categorize lncRNA loci into those that regulate gene expression in cis versus those that perform functions in trans and propose an experimental approach to dissect lncRNA activity based on these classifications. These strategies to further understand lncRNAs promise to reveal new and unanticipated biology with great potential to advance our understanding of normal physiology and disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidRNA, Long NoncodingTranscription, GeneticRNA, Long NoncodinglncRNAnoncoding RNA

Identifiers

PMID29373828
PMCPMC5978744
OpenAlexW2784570320

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Registered trials

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