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ArticleAmerican journal of cancer research2017

The anti-protozoan drug nifurtimox preferentially inhibits clonogenic tumor cells under hypoxic conditions.

Quhuan Li, Qun Lin, Hoon Kim, Zhong Yun

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Article in American journal of cancer research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Quhuan LiDepartment of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of MedicineNew Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Qun LinDepartment of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of MedicineNew Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Hoon KimDepartment of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of MedicineNew Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Zhong YunDepartment of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of MedicineNew Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Yale University · US

Funding

Malignant and Radioresistant Nature of Hypoxic Tumor CellsR01CA178254 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI YUN, ZHONG · 2014 to 2018
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA178254
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor hypoxia is an independent prognostic indicator of tumor malignant progression and poor patient survival. Therefore, eradication of hypoxic tumor cells is of paramount importance for successful disease control. In this study, we have made a new discovery that nifurtimox, a clinically approved drug to treat Chagas disease caused by the parasitic protozoan trypanosomes, can function as a hypoxia-activated cytotoxin. We have found that nifurtimox preferentially kill clonogenic tumor cells especially under the hypoxic conditions of ≤0.1% O

Indexed as

53BP1clonogenicDNA damagehypoxiahypoxia-activated cytotoxinnifurtimoxnuclear fociP450 (cytochrome) oxidoreductase

Identifiers

PMID28560059
PMCPMC5446476
OpenAlexW2911974215

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