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ReviewEBioMedicine2018

P53, GHRH, inflammation and cancer.

Nektarios Barabutis, Andrew V Schally, Agnieszka Siejka

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In one paragraph

Review in EBioMedicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
70citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.7field-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

70 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Inflammation and cancer: friend or foe?Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024
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10 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nektarios BarabutisSchool of Basic Pharmaceutical  and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201, USA. Electronic address: barabutis@ulm.edu.
Andrew V SchallyDepartment of Pathology and Divisions of Hematology/Oncology and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33156, USA; Endocrine, Polypeptide and Cancer Institute, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL 33156, USA.
Agnieszka SiejkaDepartment of Clinical Endocrinology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.
Medical University of Lodz · PLSylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center · USUniversity of Louisiana at Monroe · US

Funding

STABILITY' (symptomatic review during biologic therapy) Review in Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseP20GM103424 · NIGMS · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV A&M COL BATON ROUGE · PI Seetharama D Jois · 2012 to 2026
$57.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103424
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

P53 is a transcription factor very often mutated in malignancies. It functions towards the regulation of important cellular activities, such as cell cycle, senescence and apoptosis. Since inflammation and cancer are strongly associated through common pathways, P53 can suppress inflammation in a plethora of human tissues. Growth Hormone - Releasing Hormone is a hypothalamic peptide with a great capacity to affect the complex networks of cellular regulation via GHRH - specific receptors. GHRH antagonistic and agonistic analogs have been developed for clinical applications, including treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia, breast, prostate and lung cancers, diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases. The epicenter of the current manuscript is the protective role of P53 against inflammation and cancer and emphasizes the p53 - mediated beneficial effects of GHRH antagonists in various human diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsGrowth Hormone-Releasing HormoneHumansInflammationNeoplasmsTumor Suppressor Protein p53Growth Hormone-Releasing HormoneTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53Barrier functionGrowth factorsOncology

Identifiers

PMID30344124
PMCPMC6284454
OpenAlexW2896312545

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.