Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29615789›Full record

ArticleNature2018

Metabolic enzyme PFKFB4 activates transcriptional coactivator SRC-3 to drive breast cancer.

Subhamoy Dasgupta, Kimal Rajapakshe, Bokai Zhu, Bryan C Nikolai, Ping Yi, Nagireddy Putluri, Jong Min Choi, Sung Y Jung, Cristian Coarfa, Thomas F Westbrook and 5 more

Abstract read
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Article in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 158 papers.

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158citing papers in PubMed
13.0field-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

158 citing papers in PubMed, 259 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Subhamoy DasguptaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. subhamoy.dasgupta@roswellpark.org.
Kimal RajapaksheDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Bokai ZhuDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Bryan C NikolaiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Ping YiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Nagireddy PutluriDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Jong Min ChoiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Sung Y JungVerna & Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Cristian CoarfaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Thomas F WestbrookVerna & Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Xiang H-F ZhangDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Charles E FouldsDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Sophia Y TsaiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Ming-Jer TsaiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Bert W O'MalleyDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. berto@bcm.edu.
Baylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

Two-Spirit Films in Indigenous Cancer HealthP30CA016056 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI MARK G FRATTINI · 1985 to 2026
$116.6M
Tumor BiologyP30CA125123 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI DAVID R ROWLEY · 2007 to 2026
$73.9M
Translational Research in Breast Cancer (SPORE)P50CA186784 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Xiang Zhang · 2014 to 2026
$24.5M
TISSUE COACTIVATOR AND RECEPTOR EXPRESSION FINGERPRINTSP01DK059820 · NIDDK · INSTITUT DE GENETIQUE ET BIOLOGIE MOLECU · PI O'MALLEY, BERT W · 2001 to 2016
$23.1M
SEX HORMONE RECEPTOR COMPONENTS AND THE CELL GENOMER01HD007857 · NICHD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI DAVID M LONARD, JOHN P LYDON · 1985 to 2026
$14.6M
Racial Disparity in Bladder Cancer and Identification of Altered Metabolism in African American Compare to European Bladder CancerR01CA220297 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI PUTLURI, NAGIREDDY · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF THE TRANSCRIPTIONAL COREGULATOR SRC-2 IN CASTRATION RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCERK22CA207578 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI DASGUPTA, SUBHAMOY · 2017 to 2019
$620k
NCI NIH HHS K22 CA207578NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016056NCI NIH HHS P30 CA125123NCI NIH HHS P50 CA186784NCI NIH HHS R01 CA220297NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD007857NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK059820NIH HHS HD08818
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alterations in both cell metabolism and transcriptional programs are hallmarks of cancer that sustain rapid proliferation and metastasis

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticTranscriptional ActivationActivating Transcription Factor 4AnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorFemaleGlucoseGlycolysisHumansLung NeoplasmsMiceNeoplasm MetastasisNuclear Receptor Coactivator 3Pentose Phosphate PathwayPhosphofructokinase-2Activating Transcription Factor 4ATF4 protein, humanGlucoseNCOA3 protein, humanNuclear Receptor Coactivator 3PFKFB4 protein, humanPhosphofructokinase-2PhosphoserinepurinePurinesReceptors, EstrogenTransketolase

Identifiers

PMID29615789
PMCPMC5895503
OpenAlexW2794791791

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