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ReviewMediators of inflammation2015

Targeting the Mitotic Catastrophe Signaling Pathway in Cancer.

Margaret M Mc Gee

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Review in Mediators of inflammation, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 130 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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130citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

130 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Synergistic Effects of DNA-PKcs Inhibition and Radiotherapy in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  14. Ferroptosis in Cancer: Mechanism and Therapeutic Potential.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  17. (Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  19. Thieno[2,3-Endocrine oncology (Bristol, England) · 2025
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70 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Margaret M Mc GeeSchool of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitotic catastrophe, as defined in 2012 by the International Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death, is a bona fide intrinsic oncosuppressive mechanism that senses mitotic failure and responds by driving a cell to an irreversible antiproliferative fate of death or senescence. Thus, failed mitotic catastrophe can promote the unrestrained growth of defective cells, thereby representing a major gateway to tumour development. Furthermore, the activation of mitotic catastrophe offers significant therapeutic advantage which has been exploited in the action of conventional and targeted anticancer agents. Yet, despite its importance in tumour prevention and treatment, the molecular mechanism of mitotic catastrophe is not well understood. A better understanding of the signals that determine cell fate following failed or defective mitosis will reveal new opportunities to selectively target and enhance the programme for therapeutic benefit and reveal biomarkers to predict patient response. This review is focused on the molecular mechanism of mitotic catastrophe induction and signalling and highlights current strategies to exploit the process in cancer therapy.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisHumansMitosisNeoplasmsSignal TransductionAntineoplastic Agents

Identifiers

PMID26491220
PMCPMC4600505

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