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ReviewBritish journal of cancer2020

The roles of RNA in DNA double-strand break repair.

Aldo S Bader, Ben R Hawley, Ania Wilczynska, Martin Bushell

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Review in British journal of cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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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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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 111 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Aldo S BaderCancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK.
Ben R HawleyDepartment of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Ania WilczynskaCancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK.
Martin BushellCancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK. m.bushell@beatson.gla.ac.uk.
Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute · GBCornell University · USUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 24388Cancer Research UK 29252Medical Research Council MC_UP_A600_1024Medical Research Council MC_UU_00025/6
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effective DNA repair is essential for cell survival: a failure to correctly repair damage leads to the accumulation of mutations and is the driving force for carcinogenesis. Multiple pathways have evolved to protect against both intrinsic and extrinsic genotoxic events, and recent developments have highlighted an unforeseen critical role for RNA in ensuring genome stability. It is currently unclear exactly how RNA molecules participate in the repair pathways, although many models have been proposed and it is possible that RNA acts in diverse ways to facilitate DNA repair. A number of well-documented DNA repair factors have been described to have RNA-binding capacities and, moreover, screens investigating DNA-damage repair mechanisms have identified RNA-binding proteins as a major group of novel factors involved in DNA repair. In this review, we integrate some of these datasets to identify commonalities that might highlight novel and interesting factors for future investigations. This emerging role for RNA opens up a new dimension in the field of DNA repair; we discuss its impact on our current understanding of DNA repair processes and consider how it might influence cancer progression.

Indexed as

DNA Breaks, Double-StrandedAnimalsDNADNA RepairHumansRNADNARNA

Identifiers

PMID31894141
PMCPMC7054366
OpenAlexW2998094044

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