Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19505535›Full record

ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta2009

A systems biology view of cancer.

Reinhard Laubenbacher, Valerie Hower, Abdul Jarrah, Suzy V Torti, Vladimir Shulaev, Pedro Mendes, Frank M Torti, Steven Akman

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In one paragraph

Review in Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 97 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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Reinhard LaubenbacherVirginia Bioinformatics Institute, Washington St. (0477), Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. reinhard@vbi.vt.edu
Valerie Hower
Abdul Jarrah
Suzy V Torti
Vladimir Shulaev
Pedro Mendes
Frank M Torti
Steven Akman
Wake Forest University · USGeorgia Institute of Technology · USUniversity of Manchester · GB

Funding

Training Program in Cancer BiologyT32CA079448 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KRIDEL, STEVEN J. · 2000 to 2014
$6.5M
COPASI software for modeling and simulation of biochemical networksR01GM080219 · NIGMS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI HOOPS, STEFAN, MENDES, PEDRO · 2007 to 2019
$5.4M
Ferritin, Iron Homeostasis and Cellular StressR37DK042412 · NIDDK · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI TORTI, FRANK M. · 2001 to 2011
$3.8M
Molecular Fingerprinting of Breast Cancer DevelopmentR01CA120170 · NCI · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI SHULAEV, VLADIMIR · 2007 to 2009
$1.0M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilNCI NIH HHS R01 CA120170NCI NIH HHS R01CA120170NCI NIH HHS T32 CA079448NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK042412NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM080219
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In order to understand how a cancer cell is functionally different from a normal cell it is necessary to assess the complex network of pathways involving gene regulation, signaling, and cell metabolism, and the alterations in its dynamics caused by the several different types of mutations leading to malignancy. Since the network is typically complex, with multiple connections between pathways and important feedback loops, it is crucial to represent it in the form of a computational model that can be used for a rigorous analysis. This is the approach of systems biology, made possible by new -omics data generation technologies. The goal of this review is to illustrate this approach and its utility for our understanding of cancer. After a discussion of recent progress using a network-centric approach, three case studies related to diagnostics, therapy, and drug development are presented in detail. They focus on breast cancer, B-cell lymphomas, and colorectal cancer. The discussion is centered on key mathematical and computational tools common to a systems biology approach.

Indexed as

Systems BiologyAnimalsApoptosisBreast NeoplasmsHumansLymphoma, B-CellNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsNeovascularization, PathologicOncogenesSignal Transduction

Identifiers

PMID19505535
PMCPMC2782452
OpenAlexW2063454946

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Registered trials

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