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ReviewOncotarget2015

Inhibition of BET bromodomains as a therapeutic strategy for cancer drug discovery.

Lei-lei Fu, Mao Tian, Xiang Li, Jing-jing Li, Jian Huang, Liang Ouyang, Yonghui Zhang, Bo Liu

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Review in Oncotarget, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers.

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115citing papers in PubMed
14.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

115 citing papers in PubMed, 221 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Therapeutic Targeting of BET Proteins in Sarcoma.Molecular cancer therapeutics · 2025
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55 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lei-lei FuState Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Mao TianState Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Xiang LiState Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jing-jing LiState Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jian HuangSchool of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, China.
Liang OuyangState Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Yonghui ZhangState Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Bo LiuState Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
State Key Laboratory of BiotherapySichuan University · CNShenyang Pharmaceutical University · CNTsinghua University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a conserved protein interaction module that recognizes and binds to acetylated lysine, bromodomain (BRD) contains a deep, largely hydrophobic acetyl lysine binding site. Proteins that share the feature of containing two BRDs and an extra-terminal domain belong to BET family, including BRD2, BRD3, BRD4 and BRDT. BET family proteins perform transcription regulatory function under normal conditions, while in cancer, they regulate transcription of several oncogenes, such as c-Myc and Bcl-2. Thus, targeting BET proteins may be a promising strategy, and intense interest of BET proteins has fueled the development of structure-based bromodomain inhibitors in cancer. In this review, we focus on summarizing several small-molecule BET inhibitors and their relevant anti-tumor mechanisms, which would provide a clue for exploiting new targeted BET inhibitors in the future cancer therapy.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsDrug DiscoveryHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasmsNuclear ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription FactorsAntineoplastic AgentsNeoplasm ProteinsNuclear ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription FactorsBET inhibitorBRD2/4BRD3BRDTbromodomain

Identifiers

PMID25849938
PMCPMC4467383
OpenAlexW1850786313

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