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ArticleOncotarget2016

Monoamine oxidase B levels are highly expressed in human gliomas and are correlated with the expression of HiF-1α and with transcription factors Sp1 and Sp3.

Martyn A Sharpe, David S Baskin

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Article in Oncotarget, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Martyn A SharpeDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kenneth R. Peak Brain and Pituitary Tumor Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
David S BaskinDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kenneth R. Peak Brain and Pituitary Tumor Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Methodist Hospital · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monoamine oxidases A and B (MAOA and MAOB) are highly expressed in many cancers. Here we investigated the level of MAOB in gliomas and confirmed its high expression. We found that MAOB levels correlated with tumor grade and hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HiF-1α) expression. HiF-1α was localized to the nuclei in high-grade gliomas, but it was primarily cytosolic in low-grade gliomas and normal human astrocytes. Expression of both glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and MAOB are correlated to HiF-1α expression levels. Levels of MAOB are correlated by the levels of transcription factor Sp3 in the majority of GBM examined, but this control of MAOB expression by Sp3 in low grade astrocytic gliomas is significantly different from control in the in the majority of glioblastomas. The current findings support previous suggestions that MAOB can be exploited for the killing of cancer cells. Selective cell toxicity can be achieved by designing non-toxic prodrugs that require MAOB for their catalytic conversion into mature cytotoxic chemotherapeutics.

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Biomarkers, TumorBrain NeoplasmsGliomaHumansHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitImmunoenzyme TechniquesMonoamine OxidaseNeoplasm GradingPeroxidesPrognosisSp1 Transcription FactorSp3 Transcription FactorTissue Array AnalysisBiomarkers, TumorHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitMonoamine OxidasePeroxidesSp1 Transcription FactorSP3 protein, humanSp3 Transcription FactorgliomaHiF-1αMAOBSp1Sp3

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PMID26689994
PMCPMC4823113
OpenAlexW2305511830

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