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ReviewInternational journal of biological sciences2017

FOXO Signaling Pathways as Therapeutic Targets in Cancer.

Mohd Farhan, Haitao Wang, Uma Gaur, Peter J Little, Jiangping Xu, Wenhua Zheng

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Review in International journal of biological sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 306 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
306citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
15.3field-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

306 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 528 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mohd FarhanFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China.
Haitao WangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Uma GaurFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China.
Peter J LittleSchool of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, 4102 Australia and Xin Hua College, Sun Yat- Sen University, China.
Jiangping XuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Wenhua ZhengFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China.
University of Macau · MOSouthern Medical University · CNUniversity of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many transcription factors play a key role in cellular differentiation and the delineation of cell phenotype. Transcription factors are regulated by phosphorylation, ubiquitination, acetylation/deacetylation and interactions between two or more proteins controlling multiple signaling pathways. These pathways regulate different physiological processes and pathological events, such as cancer and other diseases. The Forkhead box O (FOXO) is one subfamily of the fork head transcription factor family with important roles in cell fate decisions and this subfamily is also suggested to play a pivotal functional role as a tumor suppressor in a wide range of cancers. During apoptosis, FOXOs are involved in mitochondria-dependent and -independent processes triggering the expression of death receptor ligands like Fas ligand, TNF apoptosis ligand and Bcl‑X

Indexed as

Forkhead Transcription FactorsGene Expression RegulationHumansMultigene FamilyNeoplasmsSignal TransductionForkhead Transcription Factorsanticancer drugsApoptosiscell proliferationFOXOnuclear translocationtranscription factors.

Identifiers

PMID28808415
PMCPMC5555100
OpenAlexW2741309469

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