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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

The Multifaceted Roles of Ku70/80.

Sayma Zahid, Murielle Seif El Dahan, Florence Iehl, Paloma Fernandez-Varela, Marie-Helene Le Du, Virginie Ropars, Jean Baptiste Charbonnier

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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 62 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
62citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Nuclear VPS35 attenuates NHEJ repair by sequestering Ku protein.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sayma ZahidInstitute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Murielle Seif El DahanInstitute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Florence IehlInstitute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Paloma Fernandez-VarelaInstitute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5078-7102
Marie-Helene Le DuInstitute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Virginie RoparsInstitute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Jean Baptiste CharbonnierInstitute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5219-1983
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

Funding

ANR ANR-10-INBS-0005ANR ANR-17-CE12-0015ANR ANR-17-CE12-0020ANR ANR-18-CE44-0008ANR ANR-20-CE11-0026INCA INCA 2016-PLBIO-159
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are accidental lesions generated by various endogenous or exogenous stresses. DSBs are also genetically programmed events during the V(D)J recombination process, meiosis, or other genome rearrangements, and they are intentionally generated to kill cancer during chemo- and radiotherapy. Most DSBs are processed in mammalian cells by the classical nonhomologous end-joining (c-NHEJ) pathway. Understanding the molecular basis of c-NHEJ has major outcomes in several fields, including radiobiology, cancer therapy, immune disease, and genome editing. The heterodimer Ku70/80 (Ku) is a central actor of the c-NHEJ as it rapidly recognizes broken DNA ends in the cell and protects them from nuclease activity. It subsequently recruits many c-NHEJ effectors, including nucleases, polymerases, and the DNA ligase 4 complex. Beyond its DNA repair function, Ku is also involved in several other DNA metabolism processes. Here, we review the structural and functional data on the DNA and RNA recognition properties of Ku implicated in DNA repair and in telomeres maintenance.

Indexed as

AnimalsDNA RepairEvolution, MolecularHumansKu AutoantigenProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalKu Autoantigenc-NHEJDNA repair machinerydouble-strand breakprotein-DNA interactionstelomeres

Identifiers

PMID33923616
PMCPMC8073936
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