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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2014

IL-1 Receptor-Associated Kinase Signaling and Its Role in Inflammation, Cancer Progression, and Therapy Resistance.

Ajay Jain, Sabina Kaczanowska, Eduardo Davila

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
96citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

96 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 171 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ajay JainDivision of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, State University of New York Upstate Medical University , Albany, NY , USA.
Sabina KaczanowskaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, MD , USA.
Eduardo DavilaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, MD , USA ; Greenebaum Cancer Center , Baltimore, MD , USA.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · USSUNY Upstate Medical University · US

Funding

IMMUNITY AND INFECTIONT32AI007540 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI KAPER, JAMES B · 1998 to 2018
$2.2M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007540
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic inflammation has long been associated with the development of cancer. Among the various signaling pathways within cancer cells that can incite the expression of inflammatory molecules are those that activate IL-1 receptor-associated kinases (IRAK). The IRAK family is comprised of four family members, IRAK-1, IRAK-2, IRAK-3 (also known as IRAK-M), and IRAK-4, which play important roles in both positively and negatively regulating the expression of inflammatory molecules. The wide array of inflammatory molecules that are expressed in response to IRAK signaling within the tumor microenvironment regulate the production of factors which promote tumor growth, metastasis, immune suppression, and chemotherapy resistance. Based on published reports we propose that dysregulated activation of the IRAK signaling pathway in cancer cells contributes to disease progression by creating a highly inflammatory tumor environment. In this article, we present both theoretical arguments and reference experimental data in support of this hypothesis.

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cancerinflammationIRAK-4therapeuticstoll-like receptors

Identifiers

PMID25452754
PMCPMC4233944
OpenAlexW2168970487

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