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ArticleOncology letters2014

TRAIL combinations: The new 'trail' for cancer therapy (Review).

Alaa Refaat, Ahmed Abd-Rabou, Asmaa Reda

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Article in Oncology letters, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alaa RefaatCenter for Aging and Associated Diseases, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza 12588, Egypt.
Ahmed Abd-RabouCenter for Aging and Associated Diseases, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza 12588, Egypt.
Asmaa RedaCenter for Aging and Associated Diseases, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza 12588, Egypt.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) therapy is anticipated to be one of the most effective cancer treatments. However, resistance to TRAIL therapy remains a challenge facing the development of anticancer strategies. To circumvent this problem, TRAIL combinations have been experimented with for over ten years to induce synergism or sensitize resistant cancer cells. By analyzing the signaling pathways triggered by these combinations, this review has defined a set of core targets for novel combinatorial treatments. The review suggests specific pathways to be targeted together with TRAIL for more efficient treatment, including cellular FLICE inhibitory protein and its downstream survival factors, the Bcl-2 family and other prominent targets. The suggested pathways provide new avenues for more effective TRAIL-based cancer therapy.

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apoptosiscancer therapydeath receptor 5tumor necrosis factor related apoptosis-inducing ligand

Identifiers

PMID24765133
PMCPMC3997674

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