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ReviewBiotech (Basel (Switzerland))2023

Cell Immortalization: In Vivo Molecular Bases and In Vitro Techniques for Obtention.

Javier Curi de Bardet, Celeste Ramírez Cardentey, Belkis López González, Deanira Patrone, Idania Lores Mulet, Dario Siniscalco, María de Los Angeles Robinson-Agramonte

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In one paragraph

Review in Biotech (Basel (Switzerland)), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Fundamental and Practical Perspectives in Regenerative Medicine.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  19. Cell Immortality:Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Javier Curi de BardetDepartment of Neurobiology, International Center for Neurological Restoration, Havana 11300, Cuba.
Celeste Ramírez CardenteyDepartment of Virology, Tropical Medicine Institute Pedro Kouri, Havana 11400, Cuba.
Belkis López GonzálezDepartment of Allergy, Calixto Garcia General University Hospital, Havana 10400, Cuba.ORCID 0000-0001-7227-923X
Deanira PatroneDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Division of Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Histology, University of Campania, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Idania Lores MuletRamon Gonzalez Coro Hospital, Havana 10400, Cuba.
Dario SiniscalcoDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Division of Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Histology, University of Campania, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3779-2596
María de Los Angeles Robinson-AgramonteDepartment of Immunochemical, International Center for Neurological Restoration, Havana 11300, Cuba.
Hospital Oncológico Docente "Conrado Benítez García" · CUInternational Center of Neurologic Restoration · CUInstituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí” · CU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Somatic human cells can divide a finite number of times, a phenomenon known as the Hayflick limit. It is based on the progressive erosion of the telomeric ends each time the cell completes a replicative cycle. Given this problem, researchers need cell lines that do not enter the senescence phase after a certain number of divisions. In this way, more lasting studies can be carried out over time and avoid the tedious work involved in performing cell passes to fresh media. However, some cells have a high replicative potential, such as embryonic stem cells and cancer cells. To accomplish this, these cells express the enzyme telomerase or activate the mechanisms of alternative telomere elongation, which favors the maintenance of the length of their stable telomeres. Researchers have been able to develop cell immortalization technology by studying the cellular and molecular bases of both mechanisms and the genes involved in the control of the cell cycle. Through it, cells with infinite replicative capacity are obtained. To obtain them, viral oncogenes/oncoproteins, myc genes, ectopic expression of telomerase, and the manipulation of genes that regulate the cell cycle, such as p53 and Rb, have been used.

Indexed as

alternative telomere elongationHayflick limitimmortalizationtelomerasetelomeres

Identifiers

PMID36810441
PMCPMC9944833
OpenAlexW4318475678

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Registered trials

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