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ArticleApoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death2009

Bcl2 family proteins in carcinogenesis and the treatment of cancer.

Anna Frenzel, Francesca Grespi, Waldemar Chmelewskij, Andreas Villunger

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Article in Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 131 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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131citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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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

131 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 327 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Melatonin in lung cancer: integrating molecular mechanisms, tumor microenvironment regulation, apoptotic signaling, and therapeutic opportunities.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  20. Anastasis: cell recovery mechanisms and potential role in cancer.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2022
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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.

Anna FrenzelBiocenter Division of Developmental Immunology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. Anna.Frenzel@i-med.ac.at
Francesca Grespi
Waldemar Chmelewskij
Andreas Villunger
Innsbruck Medical University · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF W 1101Austrian Science Fund FWF Y 212Worldwide Cancer Research 06-0440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deregulation of Bcl2 family members is a frequent feature of human malignant diseases and causal for therapy resistance. A number of studies have recently shed light onto the role of pro- and anti-apoptotic Bcl2 family members in tumour-pathogenesis and in mediating the effects of classical as well as novel front-line anticancer agents, allowing the development of more efficient and more precisely targeted treatment regimens. Most excitingly, recent progress in our understanding of how Bcl2-like proteins maintain or perturb mitochondrial integrity has finally enabled the development of rational-design based anticancer therapies that directly target Bcl2 regulated events at the level of mitochondria. This review aims to give an overview on the most recent findings on the role of the Bcl2 family in tumour development in model systems of cancer, to relate these findings with observations made in human pathologies and drug-action.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCell DeathHumansModels, BiologicalNeoplasmsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Signal TransductionProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2

Identifiers

PMID19156528
PMCPMC3272401
OpenAlexW2017807973

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