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ArticleCancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.)2015

Beta-endorphin cell therapy for cancer prevention.

Changqing Zhang, Sengottuvelan Murugan, Nadka Boyadjieva, Shaima Jabbar, Pallavi Shrivastava, Dipak K Sarkar

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Article in Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 31 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.

Changqing ZhangRutgers Endocrine Program, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences Graduate Program, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Sengottuvelan MuruganRutgers Endocrine Program, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Department of Animal Sciences, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Nadka BoyadjievaRutgers Endocrine Program, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Department of Animal Sciences, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Shaima JabbarRutgers Endocrine Program, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences Graduate Program, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Pallavi ShrivastavaRutgers Endocrine Program, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Department of Animal Sciences, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Dipak K SarkarRutgers Endocrine Program, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences Graduate Program, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Department of Animal Sciences, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey. sarkar@aesop.rutgers.edu.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

ALCOHOL AND HYPERPROLACTINEMIAR01AA011591 · NIAAA · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SARKAR, DIPAK KUMAR · 1998 to 2022
$5.0M
Role of Opiates in Alcohol-Induced Neurotoxicity- Diversity supplementR37AA008757 · NIAAA · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI SARKAR, DIPAK KUMAR · 2009 to 2018
$4.0M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA011591NIAAA NIH HHS R01AA011591NIAAA NIH HHS R37 AA008757NIAAA NIH HHS R37AA08757
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

β-Endorphin (BEP)-producing neuron in the hypothalamus plays a key role in bringing the stress axis to a state of homeostasis and maintaining body immune defense system. Long-term delivery of BEP to obtain beneficial effect on chemoprevention is challenging, as the peptides rapidly develop tolerance. Using rats as animal models, we show here that transplantation of BEP neurons into the hypothalamus suppressed carcinogens- and hormone-induced cancers in various tissues and prevented growth and metastasis of established tumors via activation of innate immune functions. In addition, we show that intracerebroventricular administration of nanosphere-attached dibutyryl cyclic adenosine monophosphate (dbcAMP) increased the number of BEP neurons in the hypothalamus, reduced the stress response, enhanced the innate immune function, and prevented tumor cell growth, progression, and metastasis. BEP neuronal supplementation did not produce any deleterious effects on general health but was beneficial in suppressing age-induced alterations in physical activity, metabolic, and immune functions. We conclude that the neuroimmune system has significant control over cancer growth and progression, and that activation of the neuroimmune system via BEP neuronal supplementation/induction may have therapeutic value for cancer prevention and improvement of general health.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnticarcinogenic Agentsbeta-EndorphinBucladesineCarcinogensCell DifferentiationDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGlucose Tolerance TestHypothalamusImmune SystemImmunohistochemistryKiller Cells, NaturalMaleNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsAnticarcinogenic Agentsbeta-EndorphinBucladesineCarcinogens

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PMID25403848
PMCPMC4289651
OpenAlexW2114327290

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