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ReviewClinical epigenetics2021

PRC2: an epigenetic multiprotein complex with a key role in the development of rhabdomyosarcoma carcinogenesis.

Stefano Zoroddu, Irene Marchesi, Luigi Bagella

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Review in Clinical epigenetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 18 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Stefano ZorodduDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
Irene MarchesiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100, Sassari, Italy.
Luigi BagellaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100, Sassari, Italy. lbagella@uniss.it.ORCID 0000-0003-2815-037X
University of Sassari · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal muscle formation represents a complex of highly organized and specialized systems that are still not fully understood. Epigenetic systems underline embryonic development, maintenance of stemness, and progression of differentiation. Polycomb group proteins play the role of gene silencing of stemness markers that regulate muscle differentiation. Enhancer of Zeste EZH2 is the catalytic subunit of the complex that is able to trimethylate lysine 27 of histone H3 and induce silencing of the involved genes. In embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma and several other tumors, EZH2 is often deregulated and, in some cases, is associated with tumor malignancy. This review explores the molecular processes underlying the failure of muscle differentiation with a focus on the PRC2 complex. These considerations could open new studies aimed at the development of new cutting-edge therapeutic strategies in the onset of Rhabdomyosarcoma.

Indexed as

CarcinogenesisCell DifferentiationEpigenesis, GeneticHumansMuscle DevelopmentMuscle, SkeletalNeoplasm ProteinsPolycomb Repressive Complex 2RhabdomyosarcomaNeoplasm ProteinsPolycomb Repressive Complex 2CancerEpigeneticsEZH2Histone modificationMethyltransferaseRhabdomyosarcoma

Identifiers

PMID34372908
PMCPMC8351429
OpenAlexW3192238841

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