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ReviewNeuro-oncology2005

Chaperone proteins and brain tumors: potential targets and possible therapeutics.

Michael W Graner, Darell D Bigner

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Review in Neuro-oncology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Immunotherapy for Neuro-oncology.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021
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  8. Curcumin Affects HSP60 Folding Activity and Levels in Neuroblastoma Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  9. HSP90 inhibitors in the context of heat shock and the unfolded protein response: effects on a primary canine pulmonary adenocarcinoma cell line.International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group · 2017
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  10. Tumor Vaccines for Malignant Gliomas.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2017
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  15. Targeted therapy in gliomas.Current oncology reports · 2014
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael W GranerDepartment of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. michael.graner@duke.edu
Darell D Bigner
Duke Medical Center · US

Funding

TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENES IN HUMAN MEDULLOBLASTOMAP50NS020023 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI REARDON, DAVID A · 1985 to 2013
$17.3M
BRAIN TUMORS: IMMUNOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL STUDIESR37CA011898 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BIGNER, DARELL D · 1988 to 2012
$8.1M
SPORE in Brain CancerP20CA096890 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BIGNER, DARELL D · 2002 to 2003
$1000k
BRAIN TUMORS: IMMUNOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL STUDIESR01CA011898 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BIGNER, DARELL D · 1985 to 1987
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CSAP SAMHSA HHS SPORE 1 P20 CA096890NCI NIH HHS CA11898NCI NIH HHS P20 CA096890NCI NIH HHS R37 CA011898NCRR NIH HHS MO1 RR 30NINDS NIH HHS NS20023NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS020023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chaperone proteins are most notable for the proteo- and cyotoprotective capacities they afford during cellular stress. Under conditions of cellular normalcy, chaperones still play integral roles in the folding of nascent polypeptides into functional entities, in assisting in intracellular/intraorganellar transport, in assembly and maintenance of multi-subunit protein complexes, and in aiding and abetting the degradation of senescent proteins. Tumors frequently have relatively enhanced needs for chaperone number and activity because of the stresses of rapid proliferation, increased metabolism, and overall genetic instability. Thus, it may be possible to take advantage of this reliance that tumor cells have on chaperones by pharmacologic and biologic means. Certain chaperones are abundant in the brain, which implies important roles for them. While it is presumed that the requirements of brain tumors for chaperone proteins are similar to those of any other cell type, tumor or otherwise, very little inquiry has been directed at the possibility of using chaperone proteins as therapeutic targets or even as therapeutic agents against central nervous system malignancies. This review highlights some of the research on the functions of chaperone proteins, on what can be done to modify those functions, and on the physiological responses that tumors and organisms can have to chaperone-targeted or chaperone-based therapies. In particular, this review will also underscore areas of research where brain tumors have been part of the field, although in general those instances are few and far between. This relative dearth of research devoted to chaperone protein targets and therapeutics in brain tumors reveals much untrodden turf to explore for potential treatments of these dreadfully refractive diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain NeoplasmsHumansMolecular ChaperonesSignal TransductionMolecular Chaperones

Identifiers

PMID16053701
PMCPMC1871914
OpenAlexW2155174404

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