Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18459149›Full record

ReviewJournal of cellular biochemistry2008

Dysregulation of apoptotic signaling in cancer: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities.

Jessica Plati, Octavian Bucur, Roya Khosravi-Far

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Review in Journal of cellular biochemistry, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 138 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
138citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

138 citing papers in PubMed, 281 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Jessica PlatiDepartment of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Octavian Bucur
Roya Khosravi-Far
Harvard University · US

Funding

Tumor Selective Apoptosis by TRAILR01HL080192 · NHLBI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI KHOSRAVI-FAR, ROYA · 2005 to 2010
$3.6M
Novel Strategies for Treatment of Myeloproliferative DisordersR01CA131664 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI KHOSRAVI-FAR, ROYA · 2008 to 2012
$1.8M
Oncogene-Induced Evasion from ApoptosisR01CA105306 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI KHOSRAVI-FAR, ROYA · 2005 to 2009
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS CA105306NCI NIH HHS R01 CA105306NCI NIH HHS R01 CA131664NHLBI NIH HHS HL080192NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL080192
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apoptosis is a tightly regulated cell suicide program that plays an essential role in the maintenance of tissue homeostasis by eliminating unnecessary or harmful cells. Defects in this native defense mechanism promote malignant transformation and frequently confer chemoresistance to transformed cells. Indeed, the evasion of apoptosis has been recognized as a hallmark of cancer. Given that multiple mechanisms function at many levels to orchestrate the regulation of apoptosis, a multitude of opportunities for apoptotic dysregulation are present within the intricate signaling network of cell. Several of the molecular mechanisms by which cancer cells are protected from apoptosis have been elucidated. These advances have facilitated the development of novel apoptosis-inducing agents that have demonstrated single-agent activity against various types of cancers cells and/or sensitized resistant cancer cells to conventional cytotoxic therapies. Herein, we will highlight several of the central modes of apoptotic dysregulation found in cancer. We will also discuss several therapeutic strategies that aim to reestablish the apoptotic response, and thereby eradicate cancer cells, including those that demonstrate resistance to traditional therapies.

Indexed as

ApoptosisSignal TransductionAnimalsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsHumansNeoplasmsApoptosis Regulatory Proteins

Identifiers

PMID18459149
PMCPMC2941905
OpenAlexW2075637276

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