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ReviewJournal of translational medicine2019

RNA editing in the forefront of epitranscriptomics and human health.

Theodoulakis Christofi, Apostolos Zaravinos

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Review in Journal of translational medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
93citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

93 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 145 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Evolution of Engineered ADAR-Based RNA Editing Systems.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  16. Comprehensive characterization of the RNA editing landscape in the human aging brains with Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  19. Phylogenetic and structural analysis of Hydra ADAR.Archives of biochemistry and biophysics · 2025
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33 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.

Theodoulakis ChristofiDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, European University Cyprus, 2404, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Apostolos ZaravinosDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, European University Cyprus, 2404, Nicosia, Cyprus. a.zaravinos@euc.ac.cy.ORCID 0000-0003-4625-5562
European University Cyprus · CY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post-transcriptional modifications have been recently expanded with the addition of RNA editing, which is predominantly mediated by adenosine and cytidine deaminases acting on DNA and RNA. Here, we review the full spectrum of physiological processes in which these modifiers are implicated, among different organisms. Adenosine to inosine (A-to-I) editors, members of the ADAR and ADAT protein families are important regulators of alternative splicing and transcriptional control. On the other hand, cytidine to uridine (C-to-U) editors, members of the AID/APOBEC family, are heavily implicated in innate and adaptive immunity with important roles in antibody diversification and antiviral response. Physiologically, these enzymes are present in the nucleus and/or the cytoplasm, where they modify various RNA molecules, including miRNAs, tRNAs apart from mRNAs, whereas DNA editing is also possible by some of them. The expansion of next generation sequencing technologies provided a wealth of data regarding such modifications. RNA editing has been implicated in various disorders including cancer, and neurological diseases of the brain or the central nervous system. It is also related to cancer heterogeneity and the onset of carcinogenesis. Response to treatment can also be affected by the RNA editing status where drug efficacy is significantly compromised. Studying RNA editing events can pave the way to the identification of new disease biomarkers, and provide a more personalised therapy to various diseases.

Indexed as

HealthAnimalsCytidine DeaminaseDiseaseHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansRNA EditingTranscriptomeCytidine DeaminaseADARAIDAPOBECCancerCytidine/adenosine deaminasesEpitranscriptomicsPost-transcriptional modificationsRNA editing

Identifiers

PMID31547885
PMCPMC6757416
OpenAlexW2976730192

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