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ReviewJournal of gastrointestinal cancer2020

DNA Methylation Profiling of hTERT Gene Alongside with the Telomere Performance in Gastric Adenocarcinoma.

Sogand Vahidi, Seyedeh Elham Norollahi, Shahram Agah, Ali Akbar Samadani

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Review in Journal of gastrointestinal cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Role of telomerase in the onset and treatment of gastric cancer.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025
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  3. Gastric Cancer in the Era of Epigenetics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sogand VahidiClinical Research Development Unit of Poursina Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Seyedeh Elham NorollahiClinical Research Development Unit of Poursina Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. Elnaz-norollahi2000@yahoo.com.
Shahram AgahColorectal Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ali Akbar SamadaniHealthy Ageing Research Center, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran. a_a_hormoz@yahoo.com.
Guilan University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Neyshabur · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeEpigenetic modification including of DNA methylation, histone acetylation, histone methylation, histon phosphorylation and non-coding RNA can impress the gene expression and genomic stability and cause different types of malignancies and also main human disorder. Conspicuously, the epigenetic alteration special DNA methylation controls telomere length, telomerase activity and also function of different genes particularly hTERT expression. Telomeres are important in increasing the lifespan, health, aging, and the development and progression of some diseases like cancer.

methodsThis review provides an assessment of the epigenetic alterations of telomeres, telomerase and repression of its catalytic subunit, hTERT and function of long non-coding RNAs such as telomeric-repeat containing RNA (TERRA) in carcinogenesis and tumorgenesis of gastric cancer.

resultshTERT expression is essential and indispensable in telomerase activation through immortality and malignancies and also plays an important role in maintaining telomere length. Telomeres and telomerase have been implicated in regulating epigenetic factors influencing certain gene expression. Correspondingly, these changes in the sub telomere and telomere regions are affected by the shortening of telomere length and increased telomerase activity and hTERT gene expression have been observed in many cancers, remarkably in gastric cancer.

conclusionEpigenetic alteration and regulation of hTERT gene expression are critical in controlling telomerase activity and its expression. Graphical Abstract.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAdenocarcinomaCarcinogenesisDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsHistone CodeHistonesHumansPromoter Regions, GeneticRNA, Long NoncodingStomach NeoplasmsTelomeraseTelomereTelomere HomeostasisHistonesRNA, Long NoncodingTelomeraseTERT protein, humanEpigeneticHuman telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT)TelomeraseTelomereTelomeric repeat-containing RNA (TERRA)

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PMID32617831
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