Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31666694›Full record

ArticleNature2019

Altered chromosomal topology drives oncogenic programs in SDH-deficient GISTs.

William A Flavahan, Yotam Drier, Sarah E Johnstone, Matthew L Hemming, Daniel R Tarjan, Esmat Hegazi, Sarah J Shareef, Nauman M Javed, Chandrajit P Raut, Benjamin K Eschle and 5 more

Abstract read
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Article in Nature, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 170 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
170citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.5field-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

170 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 254 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

15 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

William A Flavahan *Department of Pathology and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Yotam Drier *Department of Pathology and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. yotam.drier@mail.huji.ac.il.
Sarah E JohnstoneDepartment of Pathology and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Matthew L HemmingCenter for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Daniel R TarjanDepartment of Pathology and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Esmat HegaziDepartment of Pathology and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Sarah J ShareefDepartment of Pathology and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Nauman M JavedDepartment of Pathology and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Chandrajit P RautDepartment of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Benjamin K EschleExperimental Therapeutics Core, Belfer Center for Applied Cancer Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Prafulla C GokhaleExperimental Therapeutics Core, Belfer Center for Applied Cancer Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Jason L HornickDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Ewa T SicinskaDepartment of Oncologic Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
George D DemetriCenter for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. George_Demetri@dfci.harvard.edu.
Bradley E BernsteinDepartment of Pathology and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Bernstein.Bradley@mgh.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USBroad Institute · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USCenter for Cancer Research · US

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
Epigenetic plasticity in tumor initiation and evolutionDP1CA216873 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BERNSTEIN, BRADLEY EVAN · 2016 to 2020
$5.9M
Loss of oncogene insulation drives IDH1 mutant gliomaF32CA203153 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FLAVAHAN, WILLIAM ALEXANDER · 2016 to 2018
$178k
NCI NIH HHS DP1 CA216873NCI NIH HHS F32 CA203153NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigenetic aberrations are widespread in cancer, yet the underlying mechanisms and causality remain poorly understood

Indexed as

Chromosome AberrationsAnimalsCarcinogenesisCRISPR-Cas SystemsDNA MethylationEnhancer Elements, GeneticEpigenesis, GeneticFibroblast Growth Factor 4Gastrointestinal Stromal TumorsHumansMiceMutationOncogenesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-kitReceptors, Fibroblast Growth FactorSuccinate DehydrogenaseFGF4 protein, humanFibroblast Growth Factor 4KIT protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-kitReceptors, Fibroblast Growth FactorSuccinate Dehydrogenase

Identifiers

PMID31666694
PMCPMC6913936
OpenAlexW2980407838

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