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| Title |
Transposable elements in cancer as a by-product of stress-induced evolvability
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Genetics, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fgene.2014.00156 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Tobias Mourier, Lars P. Nielsen, Anders J. Hansen, Eske Willerslev |
| Abstract |
Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous in eukaryotic genomes. Barbara McClintock's famous notion of TEs acting as controlling elements modifying the genetic response of an organism upon exposure to stressful environments has since been solidly supported in a series of model organisms. This requires the TE activity response to possess an element of specificity and be targeted toward certain parts of the genome. We propose that a similar TE response is present in human cells, and that this stress response may drive the onset of human cancers. As such, TE-driven cancers may be viewed as an evolutionary by-product of organisms' abilities to genetically adapt to environmental stress. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 71 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Belgium | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 66 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 27% |
| Researcher | 11 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 8 | 11% |
| Unknown | 13 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 34 | 48% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 15 | 21% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 3% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Unknown | 13 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
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