Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31937561›Full record

ArticleJournal of medical genetics2020

Erica Shen, Joanne Xiu, Giselle Y Lopez, Rex Bentley, Ali Jalali, Amy B Heimberger, Matthew N Bainbridge, Melissa L Bondy, Kyle M Walsh

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Article in Journal of medical genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  19. ATRX Loss in the Development and Prognosis of Conjunctival Melanoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  20. Telomere Length as a New Risk Marker of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Erica ShenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Joanne XiuMedical Affairs, Caris Life Sciences Inc, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Giselle Y LopezDepartment of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Rex BentleyDepartment of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Ali JalaliDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Amy B HeimbergerDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Matthew N BainbridgeThe Genomic Institute, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California, USA.
Melissa L BondyEpidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Kyle M WalshDepartment of Neurosurgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA kyle.walsh@duke.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5879-9981
Duke University · USBaylor College of Medicine · USCaris Life Sciences (United States) · USChildren’s Institute · USStanford University · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Training Program in Translational Brain Tumor ResearchT32CA151022 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Joseph F Costello · 2010 to 2026
$6.6M
Helping Neuro-oncologists Navigate Expanded AccessR01CA217105 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BAINBRIDGE, MATTHEW NEIL, BONDY, MELISSA L. · 2018 to 2024
$4.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA217105NCI NIH HHS T32 CA151022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe shelterin complex is composed of six proteins that protect and regulate telomere length, including protection of telomeres 1 (POT1). Germline

methodsWe performed logistic regression, adjusted for tumour mutational burden, to identify associations between

resultsA total of 1834 tumours harboured a non-benign mutation of

conclusionsThese results confirm a role for shelterin dysfunction in angiosarcoma development but suggest that gliomas arising in the context of germline

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseAdultAgedColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleGerm-Line MutationGliomaHemangiosarcomaHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMaleMelanomaMiddle AgedNeoplastic Syndromes, HereditaryShelterin ComplexTelomerePOT1 protein, humanShelterin ComplexTelomere-Binding Proteinsatrxhereditary cancer syndrome familiesPOT1 mutationtelomeretert

Identifiers

PMID31937561
PMCPMC7427478
OpenAlexW3000360238

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