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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2013

COX-2 in cancer: Gordian knot or Achilles heel?

Ioannis Stasinopoulos, Tariq Shah, Marie-France Penet, Balaji Krishnamachary, Zaver M Bhujwalla

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 54 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.

Ioannis StasinopoulosJohns Hopkins University In-vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Center Program, Division of Cancer Imaging Research, The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD, USA.
Tariq Shah
Marie-France Penet
Balaji Krishnamachary
Zaver M Bhujwalla
Johns Hopkins University · USJohns Hopkins Medicine · US

Funding

Translational Research Central ServicesP30CA006973 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Rosalie Wollett · 1985 to 2026
$208.6M
Theranostic Imaging of Metastatic Prostate CancerP50CA103175 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BARKER, PETER B · 2003 to 2015
$17.9M
Predictive experiment-based multiscale models of the tumor immune microenvironment and immunotherapy in breast cancerR01CA138264 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI POPEL, ALEKSANDER S. · 2009 to 2023
$8.1M
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS PROMOTE INVASION AND METATASISR01CA082337 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BHUJWALLA, ZAVER M. · 1999 to 2024
$5.1M
FUNTIONAL IMAGING OF THE METASTATIC PHENOTYPER01CA073850 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BHUJWALLA, ZAVER M. · 1997 to 2014
$3.5M
Imaging Hypoxia and Cancer Stem CellsR01CA136576 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BHUJWALLA, ZAVER M. · 2009 to 2017
$2.4M
Image-guided Prodrug and siRNA Targeting of CancerR01CA138515 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BHUJWALLA, ZAVER M. · 2009 to 2013
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006973NCI NIH HHS P50 CA103175NCI NIH HHS R01 CA073850NCI NIH HHS R01 CA082337NCI NIH HHS R01 CA136576NCI NIH HHS R01 CA138264NCI NIH HHS R01 CA138515
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The networks of blood and lymphatic vessels and of the extracellular matrix and their cellular and structural components, that are collectively termed the tumor microenvironment, are frequently co-opted and shaped by cancer cells to survive, invade, and form distant metastasis. With an enviable capacity to adapt to continually changing environments, cancer represents the epitome of functional chaos, a stark contrast to the hierarchical and organized differentiation processes that dictate the development and life of biological organisms. The consequences of changing landscapes such as hypoxia and acidic extracellular pH in and around tumors create a cascade of changes in multiple pathways and networks that become apparent only several years later as recurrence and metastasis. These molecular and phenotypic changes, several of which are mediated by COX-2, approach the complexities of a "Gordian Knot." We review evidence from our studies and from literature suggesting that cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) biology presents a nodal point in cancer biology and an "Achilles heel" of COX-2-dependent tumors.

Indexed as

COX-2 and HIF-1COX-2 and LEF-1COX-2 inhibitorscyclooxygenase 2inflammation and cancerinflammation and hypoxiainvasionmetastasis

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PMID23579438
PMCPMC3619664
OpenAlexW2056916595

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