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ReviewOncogene2017

Caspase-2: an orphan enzyme out of the shadows.

J Forsberg, B Zhivotovsky, M Olsson

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Review in Oncogene, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Exploring caspase functions in mouse models.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2024
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  6. Human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B variants affect viral entry, cell fusion, and genome stability.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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  11. From Apoptosis to Necroptosis: The Death Wishes to Cancer.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center
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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

3 authors.

J ForsbergDivision of Toxicology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
B ZhivotovskyDivision of Toxicology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
M OlssonDivision of Toxicology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-6370-8423

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Caspase-2 has been embodied as an initiator or executioner protease in diverse apoptotic scenarios. However, accumulating evidence is challenging this view, pertaining to its true role. The enzyme's catalytic activity is currently implicated in various functions required for correct cell proliferation, such as counteracting genomic instability, as well as suppressing tumorigenesis. Here, apart from summarizing the latest observations in caspase-2-related research, we make an attempt to reconcile these findings and discuss their implications for future directions.

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AnimalsCaspase 2Genomic InstabilityHumansNeoplasmsCaspase 2

Identifiers

PMID28581521

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