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ArticleCancer research2017

Copper Chelation Inhibits BRAF

Donita C Brady, Matthew S Crowe, Danielle N Greenberg, Christopher M Counter

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Article in Cancer research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 101 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
101citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

101 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 161 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Donita C BradyDepartment of Cancer Biology. count004@mc.duke.edu bradyd@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Matthew S CroweDepartment of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Danielle N GreenbergDepartment of Cancer Biology.
Christopher M CounterDepartment of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. count004@mc.duke.edu bradyd@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Centre for Cancer Biology · AUDuke University Hospital · US

Funding

The role of dietary copper in melanomaR01CA177587 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI COUNTER, CHRISTOPHER M · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
Copper reduction as a novel therapy in BRAF-mutant positive cancersK01CA178145 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BRADY, DONITA C · 2013 to 2015
$274k
NCI NIH HHS K01 CA178145NCI NIH HHS R01 CA177587
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MEK1/2 and BRAF

Indexed as

AnimalsCell Line, TumorCells, CulturedCell Transformation, NeoplasticChelating AgentsCopperDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMelanomaMelanoma, ExperimentalMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicMolybdenumMutationProtein Kinase InhibitorsChelating AgentsCopperMolybdenumProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-raftetrathiomolybdate

Identifiers

PMID28986383
PMCPMC5690876
OpenAlexW2763277172

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