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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Regulatory Role of microRNAs Targeting the Transcription Co-Factor ZNF521 in Normal Tissues and Cancers.

Emanuela Chiarella, Annamaria Aloisio, Stefania Scicchitano, Heather Mandy Bond, Maria Mesuraca

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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 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emanuela ChiarellaDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Græcia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8314-715X
Annamaria AloisioDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Græcia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Stefania ScicchitanoDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Græcia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3566-7214
Heather Mandy BondDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Græcia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4033-2985
Maria MesuracaDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Græcia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5455-168X
Magna Graecia University · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Powerful bioinformatics tools have provided a wealth of novel miRNA-transcription factor networks crucial in controlling gene regulation. In this review, we focus on the biological functions of miRNAs targeting ZNF521, explaining the molecular mechanisms by which the dysregulation of this axis contributes to malignancy. ZNF521 is a stem cell-associated co-transcription factor implicated in the regulation of hematopoietic, neural, and mesenchymal stem cells. The aberrant expression of ZNF521 transcripts, frequently associated with miRNA deregulation, has been detected in several tumors including pancreatic, hepatocellular, gastric, bladder transitional cell carcinomas as well as in breast and ovarian cancers. miRNA expression profiling tools are currently identifying a multitude of miRNAs, involved together with oncogenes and TFs in the regulation of oncogenesis, including ZNF521, which may be candidates for diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of cancer.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAnimalsCarcinogenesisDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Regulatory NetworksHumansMicroRNAsNeoplasmsTranscription FactorsDNA-Binding ProteinsMicroRNAsTranscription Factorszinc finger protein 521, humanbioinformatics toolscancermiRNAtranscription factors (TF)ZNF521

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PMID34445164
PMCPMC8395128
OpenAlexW3188021408

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