Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40071936›Full record

ArticleNucleic acids research2025

Systematic study of hybrid triplex topology and stability suggests a general triplex-mediated regulatory mechanism.

Vito Genna, Guillem Portella, Alba Sala, Montserrat Terrazas, Israel Serrano-Chacón, Javier González, Núria Villegas, Lidia Mateo, Chiara Castellazzi, Mireia Labrador and 8 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nucleic acids research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Direct evidence and quantification of homologous recognition between DNA duplexes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
    Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. RNA Triple Helices: From Structures and Mechanisms to Therapeutic Targets.International journal of biological sciences · 2026
    Review
  9. Article
  10. 3plex Web: An interactive platform for RNA:DNA triplex prediction and analysis.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025
    Article
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

18 authors.

Vito GennaInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4664-8086
Guillem PortellaInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Alba SalaInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1046-7432
Montserrat TerrazasInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Israel Serrano-ChacónInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Javier GonzálezInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Núria VillegasInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Lidia MateoInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Chiara CastellazziInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Mireia LabradorInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Anna AviñoInstitute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC), CSIC, Networking Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), E-08034 Barcelona, Spain.
Adam HospitalInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8291-8071
Albert GandiosoInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Patrick AloyInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Isabelle Brun-HeathInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Carlos GonzalezInstituto de Química Física Blas Cabrera. CSIC. E-28006. Madrid.
Ramon EritjaInstitute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC), CSIC, Networking Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), E-08034 Barcelona, Spain.
Modesto OrozcoInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8608-3278

Funding

Biomolecular and Bioinformatics Resources PlatformEuropean Molecular Biology Organization ALTF 103-2018European Research CouncilH2020 BioExcel Center of ExcellenceJuan De La Cierva Fellowship IJC2019-040468-I/25A04100MINECO Severo Ochoa Award of ExcellenceSpanish Ministry of Science RTI2018-096704-B-100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

By combining in silico, biophysical, and in vitro experiments, we decipher the topology, physical, and potential biological properties of hybrid-parallel nucleic acids triplexes, an elusive structure at the basis of life. We found that hybrid triplex topology follows a stability order: r(Py)-d(Pu)·r(Py) > r(Py)-d(Pu)·d(Py) > d(Py)-d(Pu)·d(Py) > d(Py)-d(Pu)·r(Py). The r(Py)-d(Pu)·d(Py) triplex is expected to be preferred in the cell as it avoids the need to open the duplex reducing the torsional stress required for triplex formation in the r(Py)-d(Pu)·r(Py) topology. Upon a massive collection of melting data, we have created the first predictor for hybrid triplex stability. Leveraging this predictor, we conducted a comprehensive scan to assess the likelihood of the human genome and transcriptome to engage in triplex formation. Our findings unveil a remarkable inclination-of both the human genome and transcriptome-to generate hybrid triplex formation, particularly within untranslated (UTRs) and regulatory regions, thereby corroborating the existence of a triplex-mediated regulatory mechanism. Furthermore, we found a correlation between nucleosome linkers and Triplex-forming sequence (TFS) which agree with a putative role of triplexes in arranging chromatin structure.

Indexed as

DNANucleic Acid ConformationGenome, HumanHumansTranscriptomeDNAtriplex DNA

Identifiers

PMID40071936
PMCPMC11897885

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
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.