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ReviewOncogene2003

Mechanisms of Taxol resistance related to microtubules.

George A Orr, Pascal Verdier-Pinard, Hayley McDaid, Susan Band Horwitz

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Review in Oncogene, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 291 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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291citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

291 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 741 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

George A OrrDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Pascal Verdier-Pinard
Hayley McDaid
Susan Band Horwitz
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · US

Funding

TAXOL--MECHANISMS OF ACTION AND RESISTANCER01CA077263 · NCI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI HORWITZ, SUSAN BAND, MCDAID, HAYLEY M. · 1998 to 2019
$7.8M
Growth/Development of T. cruzi:An Emerging AIDS PathogenR21AI049749 · NIAID · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI ORR, GEORGE A · 2001 to 2001
$335k
ANTITUMOR DRUGS-MECHANISMS OF ACTION AND RESISTANCER35CA039821 · NCI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI HORWITZ, SUSAN B · 1985 to 1998
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NCI NIH HHS CA 39821NCI NIH HHS CA 77263NCI NIH HHS R01 CA077263NIAID NIH HHS AI 49749
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since its approval by the FDA in 1992 for the treatment of ovarian cancer, the use of Taxol has dramatically increased. Although treatment with Taxol has led to improvement in the duration and quality of life for some cancer patients, the majority eventually develop progressive disease after initially responding to Taxol treatment. Drug resistance represents a major obstacle to improving the overall response and survival of cancer patients. This review focuses on mechanisms of Taxol resistance that occur directly at the microtubule, such as mutations, tubulin isotype selection and post-translational modifications, and also at the level of regulatory proteins. A review of tubulin structure, microtubule dynamics, the mechanism of action of Taxol and its binding site on the microtubule are included, so that the reader can evaluate Taxol resistance in context.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, NeoplasmAmino Acid SequenceGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMicrotubulesMolecular Sequence DataNeoplasmsPaclitaxelTubulinPaclitaxelTubulin

Identifiers

PMID14576838
PMCPMC4039039
OpenAlexW2055397209

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