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ReviewMolecular cancer2015

Aurora kinase A in gastrointestinal cancers: time to target.

Ahmed Katsha, Abbes Belkhiri, Laura Goff, Wael El-Rifai

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Review in Molecular cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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61citing papers in PubMed
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

61 citing papers in PubMed, 116 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ahmed KatshaDepartment of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 760 PRB, 2220 Pierce Avenue, 37232-6308, Nashville, TN, USA. ahmed.katsha@vanderbilt.edu.
Abbes BelkhiriDepartment of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 760 PRB, 2220 Pierce Avenue, 37232-6308, Nashville, TN, USA. Abbes.Belkhiri@vanderbilt.edu.
Laura GoffDepartment of Hematology, Department of Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. Laura.Goff@vanderbilt.edu.
Wael El-RifaiDepartment of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 760 PRB, 2220 Pierce Avenue, 37232-6308, Nashville, TN, USA. wael.el-rifai@vanderbilt.edu.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

Translational Analysis CoreP30DK058404 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI RICHARD M. PEEK · 2002 to 2026
$29.9M
The Role of Aurora Kinase in Upper Gastrointestinal AdenocarcinomasR01CA131225 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI EL-RIFAI, WAEL · 2009 to 2018
$3.3M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA131225NCI NIH HHS R01CA131225NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK058404
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are a major cause of cancer-related deaths. During the last two decades, several studies have shown amplification and overexpression of Aurora kinase A (AURKA) in several GI malignancies. These studies demonstrated that AURKA not only plays a role in regulating cell cycle and mitosis, but also regulates a number of key oncogenic signaling pathways. Although AURKA inhibitors have moved to phase III clinical trials in lymphomas, there has been slower progress in GI cancers and solid tumors. Ongoing clinical trials testing AURKA inhibitors as a single agent or in combination with conventional chemotherapies are expected to provide important clinical information for targeting AURKA in GI cancers. It is, therefore, imperative to consider investigations of molecular determinants of response and resistance to this class of inhibitors. This will improve evaluation of the efficacy of these drugs and establish biomarker based strategies for enrollment into clinical trials, which hold the future direction for personalized cancer therapy. In this review, we will discuss the available data on AURKA in GI cancers. We will also summarize the major AURKA inhibitors that have been developed and tested in pre-clinical and clinical settings.

Indexed as

Molecular Targeted TherapyAnimalsAurora Kinase AClinical Trials as TopicGastrointestinal NeoplasmsHumansProtein Kinase InhibitorsSignal TransductionAurora Kinase AProtein Kinase Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID25987188
PMCPMC4436812
OpenAlexW2097600367

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