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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2023

Cellular functions of eukaryotic RNA helicases and their links to human diseases.

Katherine E Bohnsack, Soon Yi, Sarah Venus, Eckhard Jankowsky, Markus T Bohnsack

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Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
88citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
18.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

88 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 122 citations in OpenAlex.

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28 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Katherine E BohnsackDepartment of Molecular Biology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. katherine.bohnsack@med.uni-goettingen.de.ORCID 0000-0001-6035-4255
Soon YiCenter for RNA Science and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Sarah VenusCenter for RNA Science and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Eckhard JankowskyCenter for RNA Science and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. exj13@case.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7677-7412
Markus T BohnsackDepartment of Molecular Biology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. markus.bohnsack@medizin.uni-goettingen.de.ORCID 0000-0001-7063-5456
Case Western Reserve University · USUniversitätsmedizin Göttingen · DEModerna Therapeutics (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA helicases are highly conserved proteins that use nucleoside triphosphates to bind or remodel RNA, RNA-protein complexes or both. RNA helicases are classified into the DEAD-box, DEAH/RHA, Ski2-like, Upf1-like and RIG-I families, and are the largest class of enzymes active in eukaryotic RNA metabolism - virtually all aspects of gene expression and its regulation involve RNA helicases. Mutation and dysregulation of these enzymes have been linked to a multitude of diseases, including cancer and neurological disorders. In this Review, we discuss the regulation and functional mechanisms of RNA helicases and their roles in eukaryotic RNA metabolism, including in transcription regulation, pre-mRNA splicing, ribosome assembly, translation and RNA decay. We highlight intriguing models that link helicase structure, mechanisms of function (such as local strand unwinding, translocation, winching, RNA clamping and displacing RNA-binding proteins) and biological roles, including emerging connections between RNA helicases and cellular condensates formed through liquid-liquid phase separation. We also discuss associations of RNA helicases with human diseases and recent efforts towards the design of small-molecule inhibitors of these pivotal regulators of eukaryotic gene expression.

Indexed as

RNARNA HelicasesDNA HelicasesEukaryotic CellsHumansSaccharomyces cerevisiaeDNA HelicasesRNARNA Helicases

Identifiers

PMID37474727
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