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ReviewCellular & molecular biology letters2013

Role of inflammasomes and their regulators in prostate cancer initiation, progression and metastasis.

Sudhakar Veeranki

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Review in Cellular & molecular biology letters, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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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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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  19. Inflammasomes in Inflammation-Induced Cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2017
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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.

Sudhakar VeerankiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Louisville, Baxter II, Rm. 117, 580 S. Preston St., Louisville, KY 40202, USA. veeransr@gmail.com

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostate cancer is one of the main cancers that affect men, especially older men. Though there has been considerable progress in understanding the progression of prostate cancer, the drivers of its development need to be studied more comprehensively. The emergence of resistant forms has also increased the clinical challenges involved in the treatment of prostate cancer. Recent evidence has suggested that inflammation might play an important role at various stages of cancer development. This review focuses on inflammasome research that is relevant to prostate cancer and indicates future avenues of study into its effective prevention and treatment through inflammasome regulation. With regard to prostate cancer, such research is still in its early stages. Further study is certainly necessary to gain a broader understanding of prostate cancer development and to create successful therapy solutions.

Indexed as

Caspase 1Disease ProgressionHumansInflammasomesInterleukin-18Interleukin-1betaMaleModels, ImmunologicalNeoplasm MetastasisProstatic NeoplasmsCaspase 1InflammasomesInterleukin-18Interleukin-1beta

Identifiers

PMID23793845
PMCPMC6275599

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