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ArticleJournal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN2012

Subcellular targets for photodynamic therapy: implications for initiation of apoptosis and autophagy.

David Kessel

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Article in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 27 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

David KesselDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 540 East Canfield Street, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. dhkessel@med.wayne.edu
Wayne State University · US

Funding

Subcellular targets and PDT-induces cell deathR01CA023378 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KESSEL, DAVID HARRY · 1985 to 2013
$3.3M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA023378
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Direct lethal effects of photodynamic therapy (PDT) on a cell population were initially shown to occur via initiation of apoptosis, with high doses having a necrotic effect. Selective induction of cellular "self-digestion," better known as autophagy, represents a novel therapeutic target for the prevention of tumor growth and metastasis. It should be noted that autophagy has conflicting roles in the regulation of cell death, which, when applied to oncology, may produce both positive and negative effects on tumor development. Through better understanding the complex parts played by autophagy among diverse cellular signaling pathways in preclinical models, it may be possible to selectively regulate autophagy in response to specific stimuli, thereby inhibiting its oncogenic tendencies while preserving its tumor-suppressive capabilities.

Indexed as

PhotochemotherapyApoptosisAutophagyHumansLysosomesNeoplasmsPhotosensitizing AgentsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Reactive Oxygen SpeciesPhotosensitizing AgentsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Reactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID23055218
PMCPMC4306572
OpenAlexW2189041284

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Registered trials

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