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ArticleWellcome open research2017

The age of heterozygous

Catherine M Scahill, Zsofia Digby, Ian M Sealy, Richard J White, Neha Wali, John E Collins, Derek L Stemple, Elisabeth M Busch-Nentwich

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 51% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Catherine M ScahillWellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.
Zsofia DigbyWellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.
Ian M SealyWellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.
Richard J WhiteWellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1842-412X
Neha WaliWellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.
John E CollinsWellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.
Derek L StempleWellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.
Elisabeth M Busch-NentwichWellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6450-744X
Wellcome Sanger Institute · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Identifying genes required for digestive physiology and lipid metabolismR01DK093399 · NIDDK · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI STEVEN A FARBER, John F Rawls · 2013 to 2026
$7.6M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK093399Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMutations in proteins involved in telomere maintenance lead to a range of human diseases, including dyskeratosis congenita, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and cancer. Telomerase functions to add telomeric repeats back onto the ends of chromosomes, however non-canonical roles of components of telomerase have recently been suggested.

methodsHere we use a zebrafish telomerase mutant which harbours a nonsense mutation in

resultsWe show that homozygous offspring from older heterozygotes exhibit signs of body wasting at a younger age than those of younger parents, and that offspring of older heterozygous parents weigh less irrespective of genotype. We also demonstrate that

conclusionsThese data indicate that the phenotypes observed in offspring from older parents cannot be explained by telomere length. Instead we propose that Tert functions outside of telomere length maintenance in an age-dependent manner to influence the adult phenotypes of the next generation.

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agesextelomerasetelomere lengthTertzebrafish

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PMID29568807
PMCPMC5840683
OpenAlexW2750901146

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