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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

KRAB-ZFP Transcriptional Regulators Acting as Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressors: An Overview.

Joanna Sobocińska, Sara Molenda, Marta Machnik, Urszula Oleksiewicz

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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57citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joanna SobocińskaDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Rokietnicka 8, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.
Sara MolendaDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Rokietnicka 8, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.
Marta MachnikDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Rokietnicka 8, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2670-5629
Urszula OleksiewiczDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Rokietnicka 8, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.
Poznan University of Medical Sciences · PL

Funding

Narodowe Centrum Nauki 2015/17/B/NZ2/03689Narodowe Centrum Nauki 2018/31/D/NZ3/03790
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Krüppel-associated box zinc finger proteins (KRAB-ZFPs) constitute the largest family of transcriptional factors exerting co-repressor functions in mammalian cells. In general, KRAB-ZFPs have a dual structure. They may bind to specific DNA sequences via zinc finger motifs and recruit a repressive complex through the KRAB domain. Such a complex mediates histone deacetylation, trimethylation of histone 3 at lysine 9 (H3K9me3), and subsequent heterochromatization. Nevertheless, apart from their repressive role, KRAB-ZFPs may also co-activate gene transcription, likely through interaction with other factors implicated in transcriptional control. KRAB-ZFPs play essential roles in various biological processes, including development, imprinting, retroelement silencing, and carcinogenesis. Cancer cells possess multiple genomic, epigenomic, and transcriptomic aberrations. A growing number of data indicates that the expression of many KRAB-ZFPs is altered in several tumor types, in which they may act as oncogenes or tumor suppressors. Hereby, we review the available literature describing the oncogenic and suppressive roles of various KRAB-ZFPs in cancer. We focused on their association with the clinicopathological features and treatment response, as well as their influence on the cancer cell phenotype. Moreover, we summarized the identified upstream and downstream molecular mechanisms that may govern the functioning of KRAB-ZFPs in a cancer setting.

Indexed as

Genes, Tumor SuppressorOncogenesDNA Transposable ElementsEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMultigene FamilyNeoplasmsRepressor ProteinsTranscription FactorsZinc FingersDNA Transposable ElementsRBaK protein, humanRepressor ProteinsTranscription FactorsZNF471 protein, humancancerepigenetic repressorKRAB-ZFPsZBRK1ZFP57ZKSCAN3ZNF224ZNF300ZNF471

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PMID33672287
PMCPMC7926519
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