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ArticleCancer discovery2021

The RNA m6A Reader YTHDF2 Maintains Oncogene Expression and Is a Targetable Dependency in Glioblastoma Stem Cells.

Deobrat Dixit, Briana C Prager, Ryan C Gimple, Hui Xian Poh, Yang Wang, Qiulian Wu, Zhixin Qiu, Reilly L Kidwell, Leo J Y Kim, Qi Xie and 10 more

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Article in Cancer discovery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 253 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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253citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
25.6field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

253 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 453 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

20 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Deobrat DixitDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.
Briana C PragerDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.
Ryan C GimpleDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.ORCID 0000-0002-7189-3243
Hui Xian PohDepartment of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.ORCID 0000-0003-4286-9217
Yang WangTumor Initiation and Maintenance Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, California.ORCID 0000-0002-5993-9368
Qiulian WuDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.
Zhixin QiuDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.ORCID 0000-0001-7103-8004
Reilly L KidwellDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.
Leo J Y KimDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.ORCID 0000-0002-1790-9136
Qi XieDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.
Kristoffer Vitting-SeerupBrain Tumor Biology Group, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6450-0608
Shruti BhargavaDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.
Zhen DongDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.
Li JiangDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.
Zhe ZhuDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.ORCID 0000-0002-5385-948X
Petra HamerlikBrain Tumor Biology Group, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-5856-0161
Samie R JaffreyDepartment of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
Jing Crystal ZhaoTumor Initiation and Maintenance Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, California. drjeremyrich@gmail.com xiuxingwang81@163.com czhao@sbpdiscovery.org.ORCID 0000-0002-0446-0456
Xiuxing WangDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California. drjeremyrich@gmail.com xiuxingwang81@163.com czhao@sbpdiscovery.org.ORCID 0000-0002-5993-9368
Jeremy N RichDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California. drjeremyrich@gmail.com xiuxingwang81@163.com czhao@sbpdiscovery.org.
University of California San Diego · USCornell University · USDanish Cancer Society · DKDiscovery Institute · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer ImmunologyP30CA030199 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI Michael Jackson · 1985 to 2026
$107.2M
MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007250 · NIGMS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI HUANG, ALEX YEE-CHEN · 1985 to 2023
$33.4M
Mechanisms of epitranscriptomic regulation in cancerR01CA186702 · NCI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI SAMIE R JAFFREY, Michael Kharas · 2014 to 2026
$8.0M
Dynamic Complexity of Brain Tumor Stem Cells (R35CA197718)R35CA197718 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI RICH, JEREMY N · 2015 to 2021
$6.4M
Targeting the Circadian Rhythm in Glioblastoma Stem Cells (R01CA238662)R01CA238662 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KAY, STEVE A, RICH, JEREMY N · 2020 to 2024
$2.8M
Targeting Ferritin in GlioblastomaR01CA169117 · NCI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI BAO, SHIDENG, CONNOR, JAMES ROBERT · 2013 to 2017
$2.7M
Metabolism Informs Intertumoral & Intratumoral HeterogeneityR01NS087913 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI NAKANO, ICHIRO, RICH, JEREMY N · 2014 to 2018
$2.0M
Targeting Brain Tumor Stem Cells Through Novel Therapeutic CombinationsR01CA154130 · NCI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI RICH, JEREMY N · 2010 to 2014
$1.9M
Role of post-transcriptional RNA methylation in the regulation of RNA activityR01GM110090 · NIGMS · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI ZHAO, CRYSTAL · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
Dual Targeting of Brain Tumor Initiating Cells through Inhibition of BMI1 and EZH2 (R01NS103434)R01NS103434 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI RICH, JEREMY N · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
Energy Stress in Brain Tumor Initiating Stem CellsR01NS089272 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI RICH, JEREMY N · 2014 to 2018
$1.7M
Control of gene expression in neural stem cells by crosstalk between messenger RNA methylation and histone modificationR01GM132292 · NIGMS · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI BAGCHI, ANINDYA · 2019 to 2022
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA203101NCI NIH HHS F30 CA217065NCI NIH HHS F30 CA217066NCI NIH HHS P30 CA030199NCI NIH HHS R01 CA154130NCI NIH HHS R01 CA169117NCI NIH HHS R01 CA171652NCI NIH HHS R01 CA186702NCI NIH HHS R01 CA238662NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197718NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM110090NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM132292NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007250NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS087913NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS089272NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS103434
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma is a universally lethal cancer driven by glioblastoma stem cells (GSC). Here, we interrogated

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaHumansNeoplastic Stem CellsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerYTHDF2 protein, human

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PMID33023892
PMCPMC8110214
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