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ReviewCancers2020

Y RNA: An Overview of Their Role as Potential Biomarkers and Molecular Targets in Human Cancers.

Caterina Gulìa, Fabrizio Signore, Marco Gaffi, Silvia Gigli, Raffaella Votino, Roberto Nucciotti, Luca Bertacca, Simona Zaami, Alberto Baffa, Edoardo Santini and 2 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. The newly enacted Italian surrogacy law: Effects on reproductive tourism.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025
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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

12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Caterina GulìaDepartment of Urology, Misericordia Hospital, 58100 Grosseto, Italy.
Fabrizio SignoreDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Misericordia Hospital, 58100 Grosseto, Italy.
Marco GaffiPediatric Surgery and Urology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini, 00152 Rome, Italy.
Silvia GigliDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Sandro Pertini Hospital, 00157 Rome, Italy.
Raffaella VotinoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Misericordia Hospital, 58100 Grosseto, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6219-6537
Roberto NucciottiDepartment of Urology, Misericordia Hospital, 58100 Grosseto, Italy.
Luca BertaccaPediatric Emergency Unit, Misericordia Hospital, 58100 Grosseto, Italy.
Simona ZaamiUnit of Forensic Toxicology (UoFT), Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena 336, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Alberto BaffaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Misericordia Hospital, 58100 Grosseto, Italy.
Edoardo SantiniDepartment of Urology, Misericordia Hospital, 58100 Grosseto, Italy.
Alessandro PorrelloLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Roberto PiergentiliItalian National Research Council-Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7584-2171
Ospedale Misericordia - Grosseto · ITAzienda Ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini · ITInstitute of Molecular Biology and Pathology · ITOspedale Sandro Pertini · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Y RNA are a class of small non-coding RNA that are largely conserved. Although their discovery was almost 40 years ago, their function is still under investigation. This is evident in cancer biology, where their role was first studied just a dozen years ago. Since then, only a few contributions were published, mostly scattered across different tumor types and, in some cases, also suffering from methodological limitations. Nonetheless, these sparse data may be used to make some estimations and suggest routes to better understand the role of Y RNA in cancer formation and characterization. Here we summarize the current knowledge about Y RNA in multiple types of cancer, also including a paragraph about tumors that might be included in this list in the future, if more evidence becomes available. The picture arising indicates that Y RNA might be useful in tumor characterization, also relying on non-invasive methods, such as the analysis of the content of extracellular vesicles (EV) that are retrieved from blood plasma and other bodily fluids. Due to the established role of Y RNA in DNA replication, it is possible to hypothesize their therapeutic targeting to inhibit cell proliferation in oncological patients.

Indexed as

cancer etiologycancer microenvironmentDNA replicationRNY1RNY3RNY4RNY5RO60

Identifiers

PMID32423154
PMCPMC7281143
OpenAlexW3024409955

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