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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine2014

MYC and the control of apoptosis.

Steven B McMahon

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 158 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

158 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 239 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Steven B McMahonDepartment of Cancer Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
Thomas Jefferson University · US

Funding

Functional analysis of transcriptional program regulated by the c-MYC oncoproteinR01CA090465 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI MCMAHON, STEVEN B. · 2002 to 2012
$2.9M
Role of BAG1 in suppressing the intrinsic tumor suppressor activity of MYCR01CA164834 · NCI · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI MCMAHON, STEVEN B. · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
Role of the mitochondrial RNA polymerase POLRMT in MYC functionR01CA141070 · NCI · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI MCMAHON, STEVEN B. · 2011 to 2015
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA090465NCI NIH HHS R01CA090465NCI NIH HHS R01 CA141070NCI NIH HHS R01CA141070NCI NIH HHS R01 CA164834NCI NIH HHS R01CA164834
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MYC expression is tightly correlated with cell-cycle progression in normal tissues, whereas unchecked MYC expression is among the most prominent hallmarks of the hyperproliferation associated with most forms of cancer. At first glance it might seem counterintuitive that MYC is also among the most robust agents of programmed cell death (apoptosis) in mammalian cells. However it is clearly beneficial for a multicellular organism to have a mechanism for triggering death in cells that express potentially oncogenic levels of MYC. Decades of intense study have begun to provide an understanding of the mechanisms that regulate MYC's seemingly split personality. Key features of MYC-induced apoptosis will be discussed here along with examples of how our understanding of this pathway might be exploited for the therapeutic benefit of cancer patients.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisDisease Models, AnimalGenes, mycHumansMiceNeoplasmsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycTumor Suppressor Protein p53Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycTumor Suppressor Protein p53

Identifiers

PMID24985130
PMCPMC4066641
OpenAlexW2078505025

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