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ReviewMedicinal research reviews2016

Microtubule-Binding Proteins as Promising Biomarkers of Paclitaxel Sensitivity in Cancer Chemotherapy.

Songbo Xie, Angela Ogden, Ritu Aneja, Jun Zhou

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Review in Medicinal research reviews, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Dual role of deubiquitinating enzyme USP19 regulates mitotic progression and tumorigenesis by stabilizing survivin.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2022
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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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Songbo XieState Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Angela OgdenDepartment of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303.
Ritu AnejaDepartment of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303.
Jun ZhouState Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Georgia State University · USNankai University · CN

Funding

Evaluation of HSET as a Novel Theranostic Target for Breast Cancer TherapyR01CA169127 · NCI · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ANEJA, RITU · 2012 to 2016
$1.7M
Evaluation of centrosome amplification as a risk-predictor for breast cancer aggrU01CA179671 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ANEJA, RITU · 2014 to 2018
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA169127NCI NIH HHS U01 CA179671
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microtubules, tirelessly animated and highly dynamic structures, are vital for most cellular processes and their intricacies are still being revealed even after a century since their discovery. The importance of microtubules as chemotherapeutic targets cannot be overstated, and their clinical role is unlikely to abate in the near future. Indeed, improved understanding of microtubule biology could herald a new epoch of anticancer drug design by permitting fine-tuning of microtubule-targeting agents, the clinical utility of which is presently often limited by primary or acquired resistance. Paclitaxel, one such agent belonging to the taxane family, has proven a resoundingly successful treatment for many cancer patients; however, for too many others with paclitaxel-refractory tumors, the drug has offered nothing but side effects. Accumulating evidence suggests that microtubule-binding proteins (MBPs) can regulate paclitaxel sensitivity in a wide range of cancer types. Improved understanding of how these proteins can be assayed to predict treatment responses or manipulated pharmacologically to improve clinical outcomes could transform modern chemotherapy and is urgently awaited.

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansMicrotubule ProteinsNeoplasmsPaclitaxelPrecision MedicineBiomarkers, TumorMicrotubule ProteinsPaclitaxelapoptosiscancer chemotherapymicrotubule-binding proteinmitotic arrestpaclitaxel sensitivity

Identifiers

PMID26332739
PMCPMC4778546
OpenAlexW1926470615

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