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ReviewOncogene2003

Apoptosis and melanoma chemoresistance.

María S Soengas, Scott W Lowe

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In one paragraph

Review in Oncogene, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 302 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
302citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.3field-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

302 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 814 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The dual role of Nrf2 in melanoma: a systematic review.BMC molecular and cell biology · 2023
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  3. Role of pyroptosis in melanoma: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potentials.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  5. The p53 Isoforms as Potential Biomarkers in Different Cancer Entities.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  12. Stearyl amine tailored spanlastics embedded within tetronicDaru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2025
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  17. Effect of cold atmospheric plasma on changing of biomolecular structures involved in apoptosis pathways of melanoma cancer.Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2024
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  19. TRPM2 Channels: A Potential Therapeutic Target in Melanoma?International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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242 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

María S SoengasDepartment of Dermatology, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI 28109, USA. soengas@umich.edu
Scott W Lowe
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer and is notoriously resistant to all current modalities of cancer therapy. A large set of genetic, functional and biochemical studies suggest that melanoma cells become 'bullet proof' against a variety of chemotherapeutic drugs by exploiting their intrinsic resistance to apoptosis and by reprogramming their proliferation and survival pathways during melanoma progression. In recent years, the identification of molecules involved in the regulation and execution of apoptosis, and their alteration in melanoma, have provided new insights into the molecular basis for melanoma chemoresistance. With this knowledge in hand, the challenge is now to devise strategies potent enough to compensate or bypass these cell death defects and improve the actual poor prognosis of patients at late stages of the disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisApoptotic Protease-Activating Factor 1Caspase 9CaspasesCell SurvivalDisease ProgressionDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansInhibitor of Apoptosis ProteinsMelanocytesMelanomaMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMitochondriaNeoplasm ProteinsAntineoplastic AgentsAPAF1 protein, humanApoptotic Protease-Activating Factor 1BIRC5 protein, humanCASP9 protein, humanCaspase 9CaspasesInhibitor of Apoptosis ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsNF-kappa BPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2PTEN PhosphohydrolasePTEN protein, humanSurvivinTumor Suppressor Protein p14ARFTumor Suppressor Proteins

Identifiers

PMID12789290
OpenAlexW2152315800

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