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ReviewChromosoma2021

Unravelling HP1 functions: post-transcriptional regulation of stem cell fate.

Assunta Maria Casale, Ugo Cappucci, Lucia Piacentini

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Review in Chromosoma, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. HDAC-driven mechanisms in anticancer resistance: epigenetics and beyond.Cancer drug resistance (Alhambra, Calif.) · 2024
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Assunta Maria CasaleDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology "C. Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. assuntamaria.casale@uniroma1.it.ORCID 0000-0002-7025-7368
Ugo CappucciDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology "C. Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5862-1390
Lucia PiacentiniDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology "C. Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. lucia.piacentini@uniroma1.it.ORCID 0000-0002-3656-5068
Sapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) is a non-histone chromosomal protein first identified in Drosophila as a major component of constitutive heterochromatin, required for stable epigenetic gene silencing in many species including humans. Over the years, several studies have highlighted additional roles of HP1 in different cellular processes including telomere maintenance, DNA replication and repair, chromosome segregation and, surprisingly, positive regulation of gene expression. In this review, we briefly summarize past research and recent results supporting the unexpected and emerging role of HP1 in activating gene expression. In particular, we discuss the role of HP1 in post-transcriptional regulation of mRNA processing because it has proved decisive in the control of germline stem cells homeostasis in Drosophila and has certainly added a new dimension to our understanding on HP1 targeting and functions in epigenetic regulation of stem cell behaviour.

Indexed as

Chromobox Protein Homolog 5Drosophila ProteinsAnimalsChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDrosophila melanogasterEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression RegulationHeterochromatinHumansStem CellsChromobox Protein Homolog 5Chromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDrosophila ProteinsHeterochromatinDrosophila melanogasterGermline stem cellsHeterochromatinHeterochromatin protein 1Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression

Identifiers

PMID34128099
PMCPMC8426308
OpenAlexW3166719466

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