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ArticleLife science alliance2021

PNKP is required for maintaining the integrity of progenitor cell populations in adult mice.

Wisoo Shin, Whitney Alpaugh, Laura J Hallihan, Sarthak Sinha, Emilie Crowther, Gary R Martin, Teresa Scheidl-Yee, Xiaoyan Yang, Grace Yoon, Taylor Goldsmith and 7 more

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Article in Life science alliance, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. DNA damage and repair: underlying mechanisms leading to microcephaly.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023
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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

17 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wisoo ShinDepartment of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Whitney AlpaughDepartment of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Laura J HallihanMcCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Calgary, Canada.
Sarthak SinhaDepartment of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0770-3150
Emilie CrowtherDepartment of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Gary R MartinMcCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Calgary, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8237-5436
Teresa Scheidl-YeeMcCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Calgary, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1185-1463
Xiaoyan YangDepartment of Oncology, University of Alberta, and Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Canada.
Grace YoonDepartment of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Taylor GoldsmithDepartment of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Nelson D BergerDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Luiz Gn de AlmeidaMcCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Calgary, Canada.
Antoine DufourMcCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Calgary, Canada.
Ina DobrinskiDepartment of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0695-2606
Michael WeinfeldDepartment of Oncology, University of Alberta, and Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Canada.
Frank R JirikMcCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Calgary, Canada jirik@ucalgary.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-4886-2924
Jeff BiernaskieDepartment of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada jeff.biernaskie@ucalgary.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-0633-0698
University of Calgary · CAUniversity of Alberta · CAAlberta Bone and Joint Health Institute · CA

Funding

CIHR MOP342685CIHR PJT159487CIHR PJT168869
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA repair proteins are critical to the maintenance of genomic integrity. Specific types of genotoxic factors, including reactive oxygen species generated during normal cellular metabolism or as a result of exposure to exogenous oxidative agents, frequently leads to "ragged" single-strand DNA breaks. The latter exhibits abnormal free DNA ends containing either a 5'-hydroxyl or 3'-phosphate requiring correction by the dual function enzyme, polynucleotide kinase phosphatase (PNKP), before DNA polymerase and ligation reactions can occur to seal the break.

Indexed as

Adult Stem CellsAnimalsApoptosisBiomarkersCell DifferentiationCell Self RenewalDermisDNA DamageDNA RepairFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGerm CellsHair FollicleHyperpigmentationImmunohistochemistryMelaninsMiceBiomarkersMelaninsPhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)Pnkp protein, mouse

Identifiers

PMID34226276
PMCPMC8321660
OpenAlexW3179810944

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