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ArticleScience advances2025

Topoisomerase III-beta protects from immune dysregulation and tumorigenesis.

Md Rasel Al Mahmud, Simone Andrea Baechler, Anjali Dhall, Sourav Saha, Hongliang Zhang, Laura Bassel, Shuling Zhang, Min-Jung Lee, Nahoko Sato, Shraddha Rastogi and 6 more

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Roles of Topoisomerases in Transcriptional Regulation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Md Rasel Al MahmudDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch & Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0401-3311
Simone Andrea BaechlerDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch & Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Anjali DhallDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch & Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Sourav SahaDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch & Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0854-5991
Hongliang ZhangDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch & Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Laura BasselMolecular Histopathology Laboratory (MHL), Laboratory Animal Science Program (LASP), Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, NIH, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1684-6839
Shuling ZhangLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Min-Jung LeeDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch & Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3943-8133
Nahoko SatoDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch & Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-1772-3183
Shraddha RastogiDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch & Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0680-0407
Suresh KumarDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch & Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7404-8259
Muhammad S AlamClinical Translation Unit, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Liton Kumar SahaDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch & Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3391-280X
Beverly A MockLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2479-4549
Valentina M FactorDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch & Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Yves PommierDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch & Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3108-0758

Funding

PROTEIN-ASSOCIATED DNA BREAKS AS INDICATOR OF TOPOISOMERASE INHIBITIONZ01BC006150 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI POMMIER, YVES · 1996 to 2008
$1.5M
DNA TOPOISOMERASES AS TARGET OF ACTION OF ANTICANCER DRUGSZ01BC006161 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI POMMIER, YVES · 1996 to 2008
$1.5M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC006150Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC006161
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Topoisomerase III-beta (Top3b) reduces nucleic acid torsional stress and intertwining generated during RNA and DNA metabolism while protecting the genome from pathological R-loops, which otherwise result in DNA breakage and genome instability. By studying

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CarcinogenesisDNA Topoisomerases, Type IAnimalsLymphomaMiceMice, KnockoutSignal TransductionDNA Topoisomerases, Type I

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PMID41417894
PMCPMC12716394

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