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ArticleOncotarget2016

The novel JNK inhibitor AS602801 inhibits cancer stem cells in vitro and in vivo.

Masashi Okada, Kenta Kuramoto, Hiroyuki Takeda, Hikaru Watarai, Hirotsugu Sakaki, Shizuka Seino, Manabu Seino, Shuhei Suzuki, Chifumi Kitanaka

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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 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Masashi OkadaDepartment of Molecular Cancer Science, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Kenta KuramotoDepartment of Molecular Cancer Science, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Hiroyuki TakedaDepartment of Molecular Cancer Science, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Hikaru WataraiDepartment of Molecular Cancer Science, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Hirotsugu SakakiDepartment of Molecular Cancer Science, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Shizuka SeinoDepartment of Molecular Cancer Science, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Manabu SeinoDepartment of Molecular Cancer Science, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Shuhei SuzukiDepartment of Molecular Cancer Science, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Chifumi KitanakaDepartment of Molecular Cancer Science, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Yamagata University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A phase 2 clinical trial investigating the efficacy and safety of AS602801, a newly developed JNK inhibitor, in the treatment of inflammatory endometriosis is complete. We are now examining whether AS602801 acts against human cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. In vitro, AS602801 exhibited cytotoxicity against both serum-cultured non-stem cancer cells and cancer stem cells derived from human pancreatic cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, ovarian cancer and glioblastoma at concentrations that did not decrease the viability of normal human fibroblasts. AS602801 also inhibited the self-renewal and tumor-initiating capacity of cancer stem cells surviving AS602801 treatment. Cancer stem cells in established xenograft tumors were reduced by systemic administration of AS602801 at a dose and schedule that did not adversely affect the health of the tumor-bearing mice. These findings suggest AS602801 is a promising anti-cancer stem cell agent, and further investigation of the utility of AS602801 in the treatment of cancer seems warranted.

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A549 CellsAnimalsBenzothiazolesCell LineCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalHumansJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMaleMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeNeoplasmsNeoplastic Stem CellsPyrimidinesTumor BurdenXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysbentamapimodBenzothiazolesJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPyrimidinescancer initiating cellsc-Jun N-terminal kinasedrug repositioningserial transplantation assayxenograft

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PMID27027242
PMCPMC5053629
OpenAlexW2329987606

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