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ArticleTrends in cancer2017

Necroptosis and Cancer.

Ayaz Najafov, Hongbo Chen, Junying Yuan

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Article in Trends in cancer, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 143 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
143citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

143 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 234 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Metabolic cell death in cancer: mechanisms and therapeutic potential.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2025
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  10. Harnessing cuproptosis: a new avenue for targeted cancer therapies.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2025
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  20. For Better or Worse: The Impact of Necrotic Cell Death Modalities.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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83 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ayaz NajafovDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave. Boston, MA 02115.
Hongbo ChenDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave. Boston, MA 02115.
Junying YuanDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave. Boston, MA 02115.
Harvard University · USUnion Hospital · CN

Funding

Investigating the neuroinflammatory role of RIP1 kinaseR01AG047231 · NIA · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI YUAN, JUNYING · 2014 to 2018
$2.2M
Investigating the mechanism of TNFalpha mediated cell death in oligodendrocytesR01NS082257 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI YUAN, JUNYING · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG047231NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS082257
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Necroptosis is a programmed lytic cell death pathway, deregulation of which is linked to various inflammatory disorders. Escape from programmed cell death and inflammation play a significant role in cancer, and therefore, investigating the role of necroptosis in cancer has been of high interest. Necroptosis has been shown to promote cancer metastasis and T cells death. Escape from necroptosis via loss of RIPK3 expression is a feature of some cancers. While necroptosis is a promising novel target for cancer therapies, further investigation into its biological role in carcinogenesis is warranted. In this article, we review the recently-identified interplay points between necroptosis and cancer, and outline major biological questions that require further inquiry on the road to targeting this pathway in cancer.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisHumansNecrosisNeoplasmscancercross-primingimmunitymetastasisnecroptosistherapy

Identifiers

PMID28451648
PMCPMC5402749
OpenAlexW2605231879

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Registered trials

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