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ArticleCommunications biology2019

Perspectives on the expansion of human precision oncology and genomic approaches to sea turtle fibropapillomatosis.

David J Duffy, Mark Q Martindale

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Article in Communications biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Fibropapillomatosis in Green Sea Turtles (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  7. Occurrence of Fibropapillomatosis in Green Turtles (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

David J Duffy1Department of Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-6075-8855
Mark Q Martindale2The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience and Sea Turtle Hospital, University of Florida, St. Augustine, FL 32080 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5805-5640

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our recent Communications Biology research article revealed the genomic drivers and therapeutic vulnerabilities of sea turtle fibropapillomatosis tumors. Fibropapillomatosis is a debilitating tumorous disease afflicting populations of green sea turtles globally. While a virus is involved in the development of this disease, it is increasingly understood that the key trigger is linked to anthropogenic disturbances of the environment. The specific environmental co-trigger(s) has yet to be functionally confirmed. Here we outline the next steps required to advance our understanding of this enigmatic disease, to enable us to more effectively clinically combat it and to ultimately tackle its environmental co-trigger to halt and hopefully reverse the spread of fibropapillomatosis.

Indexed as

AlphaherpesvirinaeAnimal DiseasesAnimalsConservation of Natural ResourcesFibrosisHumansMedical OncologyOceans and SeasPapillomaPrecision MedicineSkin NeoplasmsTumor Virus InfectionsTurtles

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PMID30775456
PMCPMC6367449

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