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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2017

Sigma Receptor (σR) Ligands with Antiproliferative and Anticancer Activity.

Markos-Orestis Georgiadis, Olga Karoutzou, Angeliki-Sofia Foscolos, Ioannis Papanastasiou

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Sigma Receptors: Novel Regulators of Iron/Heme Homeostasis and Ferroptosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

4 authors.

Markos-Orestis GeorgiadisSchool of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli-Zografou, 15784 Athens, Greece. aopf_9@hotmail.com.
Olga KaroutzouSchool of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli-Zografou, 15784 Athens, Greece. olgakarou@gmail.com.
Angeliki-Sofia FoscolosSchool of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli-Zografou, 15784 Athens, Greece. angelique.lumiere@windowslive.com.
Ioannis PapanastasiouSchool of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli-Zografou, 15784 Athens, Greece. papanastasiou@pharm.uoa.gr.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sigma receptor (σR) ligands have proven to be useful as cancer diagnostics and anticancer therapeutics and their ligands have been developed as molecular probes in oncology. Moreover, various σR ligands generate cancer cell death in vitro and in vivo. These σR ligands have exhibited promising results against numerous human and rodent cancers and are investigated under preclinical and clinical study trials, indicating a new category of drugs in cancer therapy.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell SurvivalFluorescent DyesHumansLigandsMolecular ProbesMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasmsRadiopharmaceuticalsReceptors, sigmaRodentiaAntineoplastic AgentsFluorescent DyesLigandsMolecular ProbesRadiopharmaceuticalsReceptors, sigmaanticancer activityantiproliferative activitybiomarkersradiolabeled and fluorescent probessigma 1 receptor antagonistsigma 2 receptor agonist

Identifiers

PMID28841173
PMCPMC6151391

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