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SynthesisFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2022

Disrupting Mechanisms that Regulate Genomic Repeat Elements to Combat Cancer and Drug Resistance.

Chames Kermi, Lena Lau, Azar Asadi Shahmirzadi, Marie Classon

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chames KermiPfizer Center for Therapeutic Innovation., San Francisco, CA, United States.
Lena LauPfizer Center for Therapeutic Innovation., San Francisco, CA, United States.
Azar Asadi ShahmirzadiPfizer Center for Therapeutic Innovation., San Francisco, CA, United States.
Marie ClassonPfizer Center for Therapeutic Innovation., San Francisco, CA, United States.
Pfizer (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite advancements in understanding cancer pathogenesis and the development of many effective therapeutic agents, resistance to drug treatment remains a widespread challenge that substantially limits curative outcomes. The historical focus on genetic evolution under drug "pressure" as a key driver of resistance has uncovered numerous mechanisms of therapeutic value, especially with respect to acquired resistance. However, recent discoveries have also revealed a potential role for an ancient evolutionary balance between endogenous "viral" elements in the human genome and diverse factors involved in their restriction in tumor evolution and drug resistance. It has long been appreciated that the stability of genomic repeats such as telomeres and centromeres affect tumor fitness, but recent findings suggest that de-regulation of other repetitive genome elements, including retrotransposons, might also be exploited as cancer therapy. This review aims to present an overview of these recent findings.

Indexed as

drug resistanceepigenetic regulationinnate and adaptive immunitynucleic acid sensingrestriction factorsR-loopstransposable elements

Identifiers

PMID35602594
PMCPMC9114874
OpenAlexW4225381378

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Registered trials

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