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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2013

Targeting the sphingosine-1-phosphate axis in cancer, inflammation and beyond.

Gregory T Kunkel, Michael Maceyka, Sheldon Milstien, Sarah Spiegel

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Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 285 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
285citing papers in PubMed
19.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

285 citing papers in PubMed, 426 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Lipid metabolism in homeostasis and disease.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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  12. Structural dynamics of sphingosine kinase 1 regulation and inhibition.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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225 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gregory T Kunkel1] Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 1101 E. Marshall Street, 2-017 Sanger Hall, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA. [2].
Michael Maceyka
Sheldon Milstien
Sarah Spiegel
Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

SPHINGOSINE AS A MODULATOR OF CELLULAR PROLIFERATIONR01GM043880 · NIGMS · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI SPIEGEL, SARAH · 1990 to 2023
$3.8M
Sphingosine Kinases in Cancer Cell SignalingR01CA061774 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI SPIEGEL, SARAH · 1994 to 2015
$3.8M
Sphingosine-1 phosphate phosphohydrolaseR37GM043880 · NIGMS · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI SPIEGEL, SARAH · 2003 to 2012
$3.2M
Training In Functional Lipidomics In Cardiovascular & Respiratory DiseasesT32HL094290 · NHLBI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI SPIEGEL, SARAH · 2009 to 2013
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA061774NCI NIH HHS R01CA61774NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL094290NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM043880NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM043880NIGMS NIH HHS R37GM043880
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bioactive lipid sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is involved in multiple cellular signalling systems and has a pivotal role in the control of immune cell trafficking. As such, S1P has been implicated in disorders such as cancer and inflammatory diseases. This Review discusses the ways in which S1P might be therapeutically targeted - for example, via the development of chemical inhibitors that target the generation, transport and degradation of S1P and via the development of specific S1P receptor agonists. We also highlight recent conflicting results observed in preclinical studies targeting S1P and discuss ongoing clinical trials in this field.

Indexed as

Drug DesignMolecular Targeted TherapyAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntineoplastic AgentsClinical Trials as TopicDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHumansInflammationLysophospholipidsNeoplasmsSphingosineAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntineoplastic AgentsLysophospholipidsSphingosinesphingosine 1-phosphate

Identifiers

PMID23954895
PMCPMC3908769
OpenAlexW2070261634

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Registered trials

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