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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2018

The SMAC Mimetic APG-1387 Sensitizes Immune-Mediated Cell Apoptosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Zide Chen, Jiehua Chen, Hongyan Liu, Wei Dong, Xuan Huang, Dajun Yang, Jinlin Hou, Xiaoyong Zhang

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Zide ChenState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Jiehua ChenState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Hongyan LiuState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Wei DongHepatic Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xuan HuangState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Dajun YangDepartment of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
Jinlin HouState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Xiaoyong ZhangState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Nanfang Hospital · CNSouthern Medical University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CNTongji Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The inhibitor of apoptosis protein (

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cancer stem cellsinhibitor of apoptosis proteinnatural killer cellsSMAC mimeticTNF-αTRAIL

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PMID30459627
PMCPMC6232623
OpenAlexW2900244806

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