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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2022

Cell cycle control in cancer.

Helen K Matthews, Cosetta Bertoli, Robertus A M de Bruin

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Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 814 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
814citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
84.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

814 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,413 citations in OpenAlex.

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754 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Helen K MatthewsMRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, UK.
Cosetta BertoliMRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5684-4630
Robertus A M de BruinMRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, UK. r.debruin@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9957-1409
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 20147Cancer Research UK C1529/A23335Medical Research Council MC_EX_G0800785Medical Research Council MR/K015826/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is a group of diseases in which cells divide continuously and excessively. Cell division is tightly regulated by multiple evolutionarily conserved cell cycle control mechanisms, to ensure the production of two genetically identical cells. Cell cycle checkpoints operate as DNA surveillance mechanisms that prevent the accumulation and propagation of genetic errors during cell division. Checkpoints can delay cell cycle progression or, in response to irreparable DNA damage, induce cell cycle exit or cell death. Cancer-associated mutations that perturb cell cycle control allow continuous cell division chiefly by compromising the ability of cells to exit the cell cycle. Continuous rounds of division, however, create increased reliance on other cell cycle control mechanisms to prevent catastrophic levels of damage and maintain cell viability. New detailed insights into cell cycle control mechanisms and their role in cancer reveal how these dependencies can be best exploited in cancer treatment.

Indexed as

Cell Cycle CheckpointsAnimalsDNA DamageDNA ReplicationHumansNeoplasmsOncogenesSpindle Apparatus

Identifiers

PMID34508254
OpenAlexW3198894769

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Registered trials

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