Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20023404›Full record

ReviewCell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)2010

Targeting the checkpoint kinase Chk1 in cancer therapy.

Callie Merry, Kang Fu, Jingna Wang, I-Ju Yeh, Youwei Zhang

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Review in Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 81 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Callie MerryDepartment of Pharmacology, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Kang Fu
Jingna Wang
I-Ju Yeh
Youwei Zhang
Case Western Reserve University · USCase Comprehensive Cancer Center

Funding

Roles of the Checkpoint Kinase Chk1 in Cancer Biology and TherapyR00CA126173 · NCI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, YOU-WEI · 2009 to 2011
$740k
Roles of the Checkpoint Kinase Chk1 in Cancer Biology and TherapyK99CA126173 · NCI · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI ZHANG, YOU-WEI · 2007 to 2008
$192k
NCI NIH HHS 4 R00 CA126173NCI NIH HHS 5 K99 CA126173NCI NIH HHS K99 CA126173NCI NIH HHS R00 CA126173
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A paramount objective of the eukaryotic cell division cycle is to overcome numerous internal and external insults to faithfully duplicate the genetic information once per every cycle. This is carried out by elaborate networks of genome surveillance signaling pathways, termed replication checkpoints. Central to replication checkpoints are two protein kinases, the upstream kinase ATR, and its downstream target kinase, Chk1. When the DNA replication process is interrupted, the ATR-Chk1 pathway transmits signals to delay cell cycle progression, and to maintain fork viability so that DNA duplication can resume after the initial damage is corrected. Previous studies showed that replicative stress not only activated Chk1, but also triggered the ubiquitin-dependent destruction of Chk1 in cultured human cells. In a recent study, we identified the F-box protein, Fbx6, as the mediator that regulates Chk1 ubiquitination and degradation in both normally cycling cells and during replication stress. We further showed that expression levels of Chk1 and Fbx6 exhibited an overall inverse correlation in both cultured cancer cell lines and in breast tumor tissues, and that defects in Chk1 degradation, for instance, due to reduced expression of Fbx6, rendered tumor cells resistant to anticancer treatment. Here we highlight those findings and their implications in the replication checkpoint and cellular sensitivity to cancer therapies.

Indexed as

ApoptosisAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsCheckpoint Kinase 1DNA ReplicationHumansNeoplasmsProtein KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSKP Cullin F-Box Protein LigasesAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsATR protein, humanCell Cycle ProteinsCheckpoint Kinase 1CHEK1 protein, humanFBXO6 protein, humanProtein KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases

Identifiers

PMID20023404
PMCPMC3048588
OpenAlexW2086377914

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