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ArticleNature cell biology2020

Programmable base editing of mutated TERT promoter inhibits brain tumour growth.

Xinjian Li, Xu Qian, Bin Wang, Yan Xia, Yanhua Zheng, Linyong Du, Daqian Xu, Dongming Xing, Ronald A DePinho, Zhimin Lu

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Article in Nature cell biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers.

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100citing papers in PubMed
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

100 citing papers in PubMed, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Xinjian Li *CAS Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. lixinjian@ibp.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7480-7622
Xu Qian *Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Bin WangCAS Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yan XiaBrain Tumor Center, Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Yanhua ZhengBrain Tumor Center, Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Linyong DuSchool of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Daqian XuBrain Tumor Center, Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Dongming XingSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Ronald A DePinhoDepartment of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Zhimin LuDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease of The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. zhiminlu@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2859-2736
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USChinese Academy of Sciences · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University · CNJiangsu Cancer Hospital · CNQingdao University · CNWenzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

TELOMERASE IN DEVELOPMENT, SENESCENCE AND NEOPLASIAR01CA084628 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI DEPINHO, RONALD ANTHONY · 2000 to 2019
$10.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA084628
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR), CRISPR interference and programmable base editing have transformed the manipulation of eukaryotic genomes for potential therapeutic applications

Indexed as

CRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingAnimalsBrain NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCellular SenescenceGlioblastomaHumansMaleMice, NudeMiddle AgedMutationPromoter Regions, GeneticTelomeraseTelomere ShorteningTelomeraseTranscription Factors

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PMID32066906
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