Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30149591›Full record

ReviewCancers2018

RKIP: A Key Regulator in Tumor Metastasis Initiation and Resistance to Apoptosis: Therapeutic Targeting and Impact.

Apostolos Zaravinos, Benjamin Bonavida, Ekaterini Chatzaki, Stavroula Baritaki

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. The cross-talk between GSK-3β, RKIP, and PTEN as potential targets for therapeutic implications in cancer: a comprehensive insight.Journal of pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences : a publication of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Societe canadienne des sciences pharmaceutiques · 2026
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  3. The YYR (YY1- RKIP) Regulatory Axis in the pathogenesis of Cancer and Immune Evasion.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025
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  4. Article
  5. Pan-Cancer Computational Analysis of RKIP (International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  7. Paraptosis-A Distinct Pathway to Cell Death.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  15. Cancer resistance via the downregulation of the tumor suppressorsExploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy · 2023
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  19. Transcription Factors in Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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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 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Apostolos ZaravinosDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia 2404, Cyprus. a.zaravinos@euc.ac.cy.ORCID 0000-0003-4625-5562
Benjamin BonavidaDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. bbonavida@mednet.ucla.edu.
Ekaterini ChatzakiLaboratory of Pharmacology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece. achatzak@med.duth.gr.
Stavroula BaritakiDivision of Surgical Oncology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete 71500, Greece. vbaritak@gmail.com.
Democritus University of Thrace · GREuropean University Cyprus · CYUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of Crete · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RAF-kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP) is a well-established tumor suppressor that is frequently downregulated in a plethora of solid and hematological malignancies. RKIP exerts antimetastatic and pro-apoptotic properties in cancer cells, via modulation of signaling pathways and gene products involved in tumor survival and spread. Here we review the contribution of RKIP in the regulation of early metastatic steps such as epithelial⁻mesenchymal transition (EMT), migration, and invasion, as well as in tumor sensitivity to conventional therapeutics and immuno-mediated cytotoxicity. We further provide updated justification for targeting RKIP as a strategy to overcome tumor chemo/immuno-resistance and suppress metastasis, through the use of agents able to modulate RKIP expression in cancer cells.

Indexed as

cancerEMTmetastasisresistanceRKIPtherapy

Identifiers

PMID30149591
PMCPMC6162400
OpenAlexW2888490300

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Registered trials

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