Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34858784›Full record

ArticleTranslational lung cancer research2021

tsRNA-5001a promotes proliferation of lung adenocarcinoma cells and is associated with postoperative recurrence in lung adenocarcinoma patients.

Fang Hu, Yanjie Niu, Xiaowei Mao, Jiangtao Cui, Xiaoting Wu, Charles B Simone, Hye Seon Kang, Wenxin Qin, Liyan Jiang

Open access · diamondAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Translational lung cancer research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.7field-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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. The Roles of tRNA-Derived Fragments in Cancer: Updates and Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Translational lung cancer research · 2025
    Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Review
  18. Review
  19. Article
  20. Review
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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Fang Hu *Department of Pulmonary, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Yanjie Niu *Department of Pulmonary, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Xiaowei MaoDepartment of Pulmonary, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Jiangtao CuiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Xiaoting WuDepartment of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Charles B SimoneDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and New York Proton Center, New York, NY, USA.
Hye Seon KangDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Wenxin QinState Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai, China.
Liyan JiangDepartment of Pulmonary, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Chest Hospital · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CNCatholic University of Korea · KRNew York Proton Center · USShanghai Cancer Institute · CN

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe biological role and clinical significance of transfer RNA-derived small RNAs (tsRNAs) remain largely unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the biological function, molecular mechanism, and clinical significance of tsRNA-5001a in lung adenocarcinoma.

methodsThe function of tsRNA-5001a on the growth of tumor cells was accessed by cell function experiments. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) was used to detect the expression of tsRNA-5001a in paired samples of lung adenocarcinoma. Cell localization of tsRNA-5001a was performed by nuclear-cytoplasmic separation assay. Transcriptome sequencing was used to screen the molecules involved in the regulatory network of tsRNA-5001a. Independent samples

resultstsRNA-5001a was significantly upregulated in lung adenocarcinoma tissues. Upregulation of tsRNA-5001a was found to increase the risk of postoperative recurrences in patients with lung adenocarcinoma and was associated with poor prognosis. Function assay showed that overexpression tsRNA-5001a could significantly promote cell proliferation. In contrast, knockdown of tsRNA-5001a significantly inhibited the proliferation of lung adenocarcinoma cells. In addition, nucleoplasmic isolation assay indicated that tsRNA-5001a was located mainly in the cytoplasm. According to the results of RNA sequencing and The Cancer Genome Atlas database (TCGA database) analysis, growth arrest and DNA damage 45G (

conclusionstsRNA-5001a promotes the proliferation of lung adenocarcinoma cells and increases the risk of postoperative recurrences in lung adenocarcinoma patients.

Indexed as

lung adenocarcinomaproliferationrecurrencetRNA-derived fragmentstsRNA-5001a

Identifiers

PMID34858784
PMCPMC8577981
OpenAlexW3209577520

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.