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ReviewJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2020

Activation-induced cytidine deaminase: in sickness and in health.

Leonardo Alves de Souza Rios, Benjamin Cloete, Shaheen Mowla

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Review in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leonardo Alves de Souza RiosDivision of Haematology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa.
Benjamin CloeteDivision of Haematology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa.
Shaheen MowlaDivision of Haematology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa. shaheen.mowla@uct.ac.za.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6802-0495
University of Cape Town · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activation Induced cytidine Deaminase (AID) is an essential enzyme of the adaptive immune system. Its canonical activity is restricted to B lymphocytes, playing an essential role in the diversification of antibodies by enhancing specificity and changing affinity. This is possible through its DNA deaminase function, leading to mutations in DNA. In the last decade, AID has been assigned an additional function: that of a powerful DNA demethylator. Adverse cellular conditions such as chronic inflammation can lead to its deregulation and overexpression. It is an important driver of B-cell lymphoma due to its natural ability to modify DNA through deamination, leading to mutations and epigenetic changes. However, the deregulation of AID is not restricted to lymphoid cells. Recent findings have provided new insights into the role that this protein plays in the development of non-lymphoid cancers, with some research shedding light on novel AID-driven mechanisms of cellular transformation. In this review, we provide an updated narrative of the normal physiological functions of AID. Additionally, we review and discuss the recent research studies that have implicated AID in carcinogenesis in varying tissue types including lymphoid and non-lymphoid cancers. We review the mechanisms, whereby AID promotes carcinogenesis and highlight important areas of future research.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAICDA (Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase)AnimalsCell Transformation, NeoplasticCytidine DeaminaseHumansNeoplasmsAICDA (Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase)Cytidine DeaminaseActivation induced cytidine deaminaseCancerDeaminaseDemethylatorLymphomagenesis

Identifiers

PMID32772231
PMCPMC11804718
OpenAlexW3047967359

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