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ArticleCurrent molecular pharmacology2014

Anti-cancer drug discovery: update and comparisons in yeast, Drosophila, and zebrafish.

Guangxun Gao, Liang Chen, Chuanshu Huang

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Article in Current molecular pharmacology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Microbial cell (Graz, Austria) · 2026
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  3. Frontiers in genetics · 2022
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  4. Cells · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Guangxun Gao
Liang Chen
Chuanshu HuangNelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 57 Old Forge Road, Tuxedo, NY 10987, USA. chuanshu.huang@nyumc.org.

Funding

Vaccine FacilityP30CA016087 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI ADRIANA HEGUY · 1985 to 2026
$83.1M
Reagent/Service CoreP01CA165980 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI WU, XUE-RU · 2013 to 2023
$13.5M
Molecular Mechanisms of Nickel-Induced TumorigenicityR01CA112557 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI HUANG, CHUANSHU · 2004 to 2016
$2.9M
Mechanisms underlying therapeutic effect of a new compound Isorhapontigenin (ISO)R01CA177665 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI HUANG, CHUANSHU · 2013 to 2018
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS CA112557NCI NIH HHS CA165980NCI NIH HHS NIH/NCI CA177665NCI NIH HHS P01 CA165980NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016087NCI NIH HHS R01 CA112557NCI NIH HHS R01 CA177665
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Discovery of novel cancer chemotherapeutics focuses on screening and identifying compounds that can target 'cancer-specific' biological processes while causing minimal toxicity to non-tumor cells. Alternatively, model organisms with highly conserved cancer-related cellular processes relative to human cells may offer new opportunities for anticancer drug discovery when combined with chemical screening. Some organisms used for chemotherapeutic discovery include yeast, Drosophila, and zebrafish which are similar in important ways relevant to cancer study but offer distinct advantages as well. Here, we describe these model attributes and the rationale for using them in cancer drug screening research.

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Drug DiscoveryModels, BiologicalAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsDrosophilaHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansNeoplasmsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeZebrafishAntineoplastic Agents

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PMID24993385
PMCPMC4408876

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