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ArticleCancer gene therapy2014

Use of monitoring levels of soluble forms of cytokeratin 18 in the urine of patients with superficial bladder cancer following intravesical Ad-IFNα/Syn3 treatment in a phase l study.

W F Benedict, M Fisher, X-Q Zhang, Z Yang, M F Munsell, C N P Dinney

Open access · bronzeAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase I
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Article in Cancer gene therapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

W F BenedictDepartment of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
M FisherDepartment of Urology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
X-Q ZhangDepartment of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Z YangDepartment of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
M F MunsellDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
C N P DinneyDepartment of Urology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Targeting Ral GTPases in Bladder CancerP50CA091846 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI DINNEY, COLIN P.N., MCCONKEY, DAVID J. · 2001 to 2018
$37.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS P50 CA091846NCI NIH HHS P50 CA91846
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A phase l study using intravesical Ad-IFNαSyn3 for patients with bacillus Calmette-Guérin-resistant superficial bladder cancer showed a complete remission (CR) of 43% at 90 days after treatment with high levels of interferon-α (IFNα) being produced. Ad-IFNα kills bladder cancer cells by two apoptotic and one necrotic mechanism that can be measured by soluble forms of cytokeratin 18 (CK18) using M30 and M65 ELISAs, assays for caspase-cleaved (apoptotic) and uncleaved (necrotic) cell death, respectively. Therefore, we determined whether M30 and M65 levels in the urine after treatment could document all three mechanisms of cancer cell kill and also predict having a CR. High levels of both M30 and M65 were found in all patients within 24 h after treatment with all three types of cancer cell death occurring. Moreover, the return of both M30 and M65 levels in the urine to normal levels within 5 days or more after treatment was strongly associated with obtaining a CR (P=0.003). This is the first time that such assays have been used to study response to therapy in the urine of patients with bladder cancer and in the future may prove valuable in predicting clinical outcome.

Indexed as

ApoptosisCaspasesCell DeathCholic AcidsDisaccharidesHumansInterferon-alphaKeratin-18Peptide FragmentsUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsCaspasesCholic AcidsDisaccharidesInterferon-alphaKeratin-18M30 cytokeratin-18 peptide, humanM65 antigen, humanPeptide FragmentsSyn3 compound

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PMID24503570
PMCPMC3962717
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