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Roles of Elongator Dependent tRNA Modification Pathways in Neurodegeneration and Cancer.

Harmen Hawer, Alexander Hammermeister, Keerthiraju Ethiraju Ravichandran, Sebastian Glatt, Raffael Schaffrath, Roland Klassen

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In one paragraph

Review in Genes, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Harmen HawerInstitut für Biologie, FG Mikrobiologie, Universität Kassel, Heirich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany. harmenhawer@uni-kassel.de.
Alexander HammermeisterInstitut für Biologie, FG Mikrobiologie, Universität Kassel, Heirich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany. alex_hammermeister@t-online.de.ORCID 0000-0001-8556-6377
Keerthiraju Ethiraju RavichandranMax Planck Research Group at the Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 30-387 Krakow, Poland. er.keerthiraju@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-2568-1343
Sebastian GlattMax Planck Research Group at the Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 30-387 Krakow, Poland. sebastian.glatt@uj.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0003-2815-7133
Raffael SchaffrathInstitut für Biologie, FG Mikrobiologie, Universität Kassel, Heirich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany. schaffrath@uni-kassel.de.ORCID 0000-0001-9484-5247
Roland KlassenInstitut für Biologie, FG Mikrobiologie, Universität Kassel, Heirich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany. roland.klassen@uni-kassel.de.ORCID 0000-0002-0809-0050
University of Kassel · DEJagiellonian University · PL

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SCHA750/20; SCHA750/21; KL2937/1European Union Cost Action EPITRAN CA16120Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej FirstTEAM/2016-1/2University of Kassel, Germany PhosMOrg (P/1082 232)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transfer RNA (tRNA) is subject to a multitude of posttranscriptional modifications which can profoundly impact its functionality as the essential adaptor molecule in messenger RNA (mRNA) translation. Therefore, dynamic regulation of tRNA modification in response to environmental changes can tune the efficiency of gene expression in concert with the emerging epitranscriptomic mRNA regulators. Several of the tRNA modifications are required to prevent human diseases and are particularly important for proper development and generation of neurons. In addition to the positive role of different tRNA modifications in prevention of neurodegeneration, certain cancer types upregulate tRNA modification genes to sustain cancer cell gene expression and metastasis. Multiple associations of defects in genes encoding subunits of the tRNA modifier complex Elongator with human disease highlight the importance of proper anticodon wobble uridine modifications (xm⁵U

Indexed as

cancerdiphthamideElongatorepitranscriptomicsneurodegenerationtRNAtRNA modificationU34wobble uridine modifications

Identifiers

PMID30597914
PMCPMC6356722
OpenAlexW2908171763

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