Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34819670›Full record

ArticleNature2021

FAM72A antagonizes UNG2 to promote mutagenic repair during antibody maturation.

Yuqing Feng, Conglei Li, Jessica A Stewart, Philip Barbulescu, Noé Seija Desivo, Alejandro Álvarez-Quilón, Rossanna C Pezo, Madusha L W Perera, Katherine Chan, Amy Hin Yan Tong and 11 more

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 67 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

21 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Yuqing Feng *Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Conglei Li *Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jessica A StewartDepartment of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
Philip BarbulescuDepartment of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Noé Seija DesivoInstitut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Alejandro Álvarez-QuilónDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9330-6823
Rossanna C PezoSunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Madusha L W PereraDepartment of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
Katherine ChanDonnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Amy Hin Yan TongDonnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Rukshana Mohamad-RamshanDepartment of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
Maribel BerruDepartment of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Diana NakibDepartment of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4046-2109
Gavin LiDepartment of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Gholam Ali KardarImmunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
James R CarlyleDepartment of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jason MoffatDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5663-8586
Daniel DurocherDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3863-8635
Javier M Di NoiaInstitut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2896-0321
Ashok S BhagwatDepartment of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1188-0579
Alberto MartinDepartment of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. alberto.martin@utoronto.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1260-7710
University of Toronto · CAWayne State University · USMontreal Clinical Research Institute · CASunnybrook Health Science Centre · CATehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

Mapping and Visualizing Uracils Created by AID/APOBEC Enzymes using UdgXR21AI144708 · NIAID · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BHAGWAT, ASHOK S · 2019 to 2020
$398k
Development of new technologies for high-sensitivity detection of a B-cell tumor marker in DNAR21CA252858 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BHAGWAT, ASHOK S · 2021 to 2021
$365k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA252858NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI144708
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) catalyses the deamination of deoxycytidines to deoxyuracils within immunoglobulin genes to induce somatic hypermutation and class-switch recombination

Indexed as

B-LymphocytesDNA GlycosylasesDNA Mismatch RepairImmunoglobulin Class SwitchingMembrane ProteinsMutationNeoplasm ProteinsSomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinAnimalsCRISPR-Cas SystemsEpistasis, GeneticFemaleHEK293 CellsHumansImmunoglobulin Switch RegionMiceCCNO protein, humanDNA GlycosylasesFAM72A protein, humanFam72a protein, mouseMembrane ProteinsMitochondrial ProteinsMSH2 protein, humanMsh2 protein, mouseMutS Homolog 2 ProteinNeoplasm Proteins

Identifiers

PMID34819670
PMCPMC9425297
OpenAlexW3217383311

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