Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27162525›Full record

ReviewImmune network2016

Regulatory Roles of MAPK Phosphatases in Cancer.

Heng Boon Low, Yongliang Zhang

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Review in Immune network, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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112citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

112 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 210 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  9. Regulatory roles of MKP7/DUSP16 in cancer.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025
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52 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heng Boon LowDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore.; Immunology Programme, The Life Science Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore.
Yongliang ZhangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore.; Immunology Programme, The Life Science Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore.
Singapore College of Traditional Chinese Medicine · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are key regulators of cell growth and survival in physiological and pathological processes. Aberrant MAPK signaling plays a critical role in the development and progression of human cancer, as well as in determining responses to cancer treatment. The MAPK phosphatases (MKPs), also known as dual-specificity phosphatases (DUSPs), are a family of proteins that function as major negative regulators of MAPK activities in mammalian cells. Studies using mice deficient in specific MKPs including MKP1/DUSP1, PAC-1/DUSP2, MKP2/DUSP4, MKP5/DUSP10 and MKP7/DUSP16 demonstrated that these molecules are important not only for both innate and adaptive immune responses, but also for metabolic homeostasis. In addition, the consequences of the gain or loss of function of the MKPs in normal and malignant tissues have highlighted the importance of these phosphatases in the pathogenesis of cancers. The involvement of the MKPs in resistance to cancer therapy has also gained prominence, making the MKPs a potential target for anti-cancer therapy. This review will summarize the current knowledge of the MKPs in cancer development, progression and treatment outcomes.

Indexed as

CancerChemoresistanceMAPKMKPs

Identifiers

PMID27162525
PMCPMC4853501
OpenAlexW2345498148

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