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ReviewMolecular cancer therapeutics2009

Regulated cell death pathways: new twists in modulation of BCL2 family function.

Nidhish Sasi, Misun Hwang, Jerry Jaboin, Ildiko Csiki, Bo Lu

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Review in Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 93 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nidhish SasiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Vanderbilt University, 1301 22nd Avenue South, The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN 37232-5671, USA.
Misun Hwang
Jerry Jaboin
Ildiko Csiki
Bo Lu
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer CenterVanderbilt University · US

Funding

Radiosensitization via Targeting Cell DeathR01CA125842 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI LU, BO · 2007 to 2010
$935k
NCI NIH HHS 1R01 CA 125842-01A1NCI NIH HHS R01 CA125842
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A number of cell death pathways have been recognized. Though apoptosis and autophagy have been well characterized, programmed necrosis has recently received attention and may provide clinical alternatives to suppress resistant tumors. Necrosis is primarily characterized by large-scale permeabilization, swelling, and rupture of cell membranes and the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Traditionally, necrosis in cancer cells has been indicative of poor prognoses, as chronic inflammation was found to encourage tumor growth. Yet, many antitumor effects associated with necrosis have been discovered in certain settings, such as the formation of an effective antitumor immune response. In this way, finding ways to attenuate the pro-tumor effects of necrosis while engaging the antitumor pathways via drugs, radiation, and sensitization may prove valuable as a clinical focus for the future. We hypothesize that the use of Bcl-2 inhibitors may enhance necrotic death characterized by inflammation and antitumor immunity. In this article, we briefly review apoptosis and autophagy and reason how necrosis may be a suitable alternative therapeutic endpoint. We then highlight novel inhibitors of Bcl-2 that may provide clinical application of our hypothesis in the future.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisAutophagyHumansModels, BiologicalNecrosisNeoplasmsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Signal TransductionAntineoplastic AgentsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2

Identifiers

PMID19509269
PMCPMC3091595
OpenAlexW2140975976

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