Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18440219›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in genetics & development2008

NF-kappaB and cancer-identifying targets and mechanisms.

Willscott E Naugler, Michael Karin

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Review in Current opinion in genetics & development, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 337 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
337citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
20.1field-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

337 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 631 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Leptin signaling in breast cancer and its crosstalk with peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors α and γ.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2023
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  2. Genetic Association betweenDisease markers · 2019
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  3. Common Polymorphisms in the NFKBIA Gene and Cancer Susceptibility: A Meta-Analysis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2015
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  15. NF-κB in inflammation and cancer.Cellular & molecular immunology · 2025
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Willscott E NauglerDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, USA.
Michael Karin
Oregon Health & Science University · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Yeast Genetics and Stress Response Genes-BiomedicalP42ES010337 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI TUKEY, ROBERT H · 2000 to 2022
$69.8M
Training Grant in GastroenterologyT32DK007202 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GHOSH, PRADIPTA · 1985 to 2022
$7.7M
Role of Inflammation in tumor promotion and progressionR01CA118165 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI KARIN, MICHAEL · 2007 to 2016
$4.6M
Stress Signaling Pathways in Toxicity and DiseaseR01ES006376 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI KARIN, MICHAEL · 1993 to 2011
$4.3M
INTERACTIONS OF HEAVY METAL IONS WITH THE HUMAN GENOME R37ES004151 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI KARIN, MICHAEL · 1998 to 2007
$3.0M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA118165NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007202NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES010337NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES006376NIEHS NIH HHS R37 ES004151
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A connection between inflammation and carcinogenesis has long been known, but the precise mechanisms are just beginning to be understood. NF-kappaB proteins, transcription factors which integrate stress signals and orchestrate immune responses, have also recently been linked to carcinogenesis. Hallmarks of cancer development include self-sufficiency in growth signals, insensitivity to growth-inhibitors, evasion of apoptosis, limitless replicative potential, tissue invasion and metastasis, and sustained angiogenesis. NF-kappaB signaling has been implicated in each of these hallmarks, and recent experimental studies have illuminated the mechanistic pathways by which NF-kappaB signaling contributes to these aspects of carcinogenesis. This review will focus on recent experimental data supporting the hypothesis that inflammation promotes carcinogenesis, and that NF-kappaB signaling is at the heart of such inflammation.

Indexed as

ApoptosisCell ProliferationHumansInflammationNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsNeovascularization, PathologicNF-kappa BSignal TransductionNF-kappa B

Identifiers

PMID18440219
PMCPMC2587362
OpenAlexW2039817035

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