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ReviewCancers2022

DNA Repair Mechanisms, Protein Interactions and Therapeutic Targeting of the MRN Complex.

Claire McCarthy-Leo, Fatima Darwiche, Michael A Tainsky

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Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 45 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Claire McCarthy-LeoCenter for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5941-8503
Fatima DarwicheCenter for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Michael A TainskyCenter for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0261-831X
Wayne State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Repair of a DNA double-strand break relies upon a pathway of proteins to identify damage, regulate cell cycle checkpoints, and repair the damage. This process is initiated by a sensor protein complex, the MRN complex, comprised of three proteins-MRE11, RAD50, and NBS1. After a double-stranded break, the MRN complex recruits and activates ATM, in-turn activating other proteins such as BRCA1/2, ATR, CHEK1/2, PALB2 and RAD51. These proteins have been the focus of many studies for their individual roles in hereditary cancer syndromes and are included on several genetic testing panels. These panels have enabled us to acquire large amounts of genetic data, much of which remains a challenge to interpret due to the presence of variants of uncertain significance (VUS). While the primary aim of clinical testing is to accurately and confidently classify variants in order to inform medical management, the presence of VUSs has led to ambiguity in genetic counseling. Pathogenic variants within MRN complex genes have been implicated in breast, ovarian, prostate, colon cancers and gliomas; however, the hundreds of VUSs within

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DNA repair pathwayMRN complexvariants of uncertain significance

Identifiers

PMID36358700
PMCPMC9656488
OpenAlexW4307635107

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