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ArticleJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine2018

Hexokinase 2 is targetable for HK1 negative, HK2 positive tumors from a wide variety of tissues of origin.

Shili Xu, Arthur Catapang, Hanna M Doh, Nicholas A Bayley, Jason T Lee, Daniel Braas, Thomas G Graeber, Harvey R Herschman

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Article in Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Hexokinase 2 promotes tumor development and progression.American journal of cancer research · 2025
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  15. Sirtuin 6 and metabolic genes interplay in Warburg effect in cancers.Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition · 2020
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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shili XuUCLA, United States.
Arthur CatapangUCLA, United States.
Hanna M DohUCLA, United States.
Nicholas A BayleyUCLA, United States.
Jason T LeeUCLA, United States.
Daniel BraasUCLA, United States.
Thomas G GraeberUCLA, United States.
Harvey R HerschmanUCLA, United States.
UCLA Health · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although absent in most adult tissues, hexokinase 2 (HK2) is expressed in a majority of tumors and contributes to increased glucose consumption and to in vivo tumor

Indexed as

GlycolysisHexokinase 1Hexokinase 2Molecular BiologyOncology: GeneralPETTargeted TherapyWarburg Effect

Identifiers

PMID29880505
PMCPMC8833855
OpenAlexW2806835078

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Registered trials

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