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ReviewTrends in cancer2021

Fluorescence Sheds Light on DNA Damage, DNA Repair, and Mutations.

Norah A Owiti, Zachary D Nagel, Bevin P Engelward

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Review in Trends in cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Determination of the damaging effect of IR radiation on DNA by electrochemical methods and investigation of this effect in the presence of chitosan.Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry · 2025
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Norah A OwitiDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Zachary D NagelDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Bevin P EngelwardDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. Electronic address: bevin@mit.edu.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES000002 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI JAIME ELIZABETH HART · 1985 to 2026
$44.6M
The MIT Superfund Research Program: A Systems Approach for the Protection of Human Health from Hazardous ChemicalsP42ES027707 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Desiree Plata · 2017 to 2026
$22.2M
Multi-Pathway DNA Repair Capacity Measurements in Lung Cancer Patients and Healthy ControlsU01ES029520 · NIEHS · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI CHRISTIANI, DAVID C, ENGELWARD, BEVIN P. · 2018 to 2022
$3.3M
CometChip: Development of a high throughput DNA damage assay in hepatocytesU44ES024698 · NIEHS · INTEGRATED LABORATORY SYSTEMS, LLC · PI ENGELWARD, BEVIN P., SWARTZ, CAROL D. · 2018 to 2020
$2.3M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES000002NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES027707NIEHS NIH HHS U01 ES029520NIEHS NIH HHS U44 ES024698
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA damage can lead to carcinogenic mutations and toxicity that promotes diseases. Therefore, having rapid assays to quantify DNA damage, DNA repair, mutations, and cytotoxicity is broadly relevant to health. For example, DNA damage assays can be used to screen chemicals for genotoxicity, and knowledge about DNA repair capacity has applications in precision prevention and in personalized medicine. Furthermore, knowledge of mutation frequency has predictive power for downstream cancer, and assays for cytotoxicity can predict deleterious health effects. Tests for all of these purposes have been rendered faster and more effective via adoption of fluorescent readouts. Here, we provide an overview of established and emerging cell-based assays that exploit fluorescence for studies of DNA damage and its consequences.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiological AssayCarcinogensCell LineDNA DamageDNA RepairFluorescenceGenes, ReporterHumansIntravital MicroscopyLuminescent ProteinsMiceMice, TransgenicMicroscopy, FluorescenceMutationNeoplasmsCarcinogensLuminescent Proteinscomet assayDNA damageDNA repairfluorescence assaysγH2AX

Identifiers

PMID33203608
PMCPMC7889721
OpenAlexW3098251032

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