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ReviewDiscovery medicine2016

The potential for tumor suppressor gene therapy in head and neck cancer.

Andrew C Birkeland, Megan L Ludwig, Matthew E Spector, J Chad Brenner

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Review in Discovery medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrew C BirkelandDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Megan L LudwigDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Matthew E SpectorDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
J Chad BrennerDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
University of Michigan · US

Funding

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AT MICHIGANT32GM007315 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI PUTHENVEEDU, MANOJKUMAR A · 1985 to 2021
$12.8M
Dissecting Co-Dependent Pathways in Oral CancersU01DE025184 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BRENNER, JOHN CHADWICK, CAREY, THOMAS E. · 2015 to 2018
$3.7M
Advanced Research Training in OtolaryngologyT32DC005356 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CORFAS, GABRIEL · 2002 to 2021
$3.5M
NIDCD NIH HHS T32 DC005356NIDCR NIH HHS U01 DE025184NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007315
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma remains a highly morbid and fatal disease. Importantly, genomic sequencing of head and neck cancers has identified frequent mutations in tumor suppressor genes. While targeted therapeutics increasingly are being investigated in head and neck cancer, the majority of these agents are against overactive/overexpressed oncogenes. Therapy to restore lost tumor suppressor gene function remains a key and under-addressed niche in trials for head and neck cancer. Recent advances in gene editing have captured the interest of both the scientific community and the public. As our technology for gene editing and gene expression modulation improves, addressing lost tumor suppressor gene function in head and neck cancers is becoming a reality. This review will summarize new techniques, challenges to implementation, future directions, and ethical ramifications of gene therapy in head and neck cancer.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Squamous CellGenes, Tumor SuppressorHead and Neck NeoplasmsAnimalsGenetic TherapyHumans

Identifiers

PMID26896601
PMCPMC4772772
OpenAlexW2283327811

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