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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2019

The Potential Role of iNOS in Ovarian Cancer Progression and Chemoresistance.

Michal Kielbik, Izabela Szulc-Kielbik, Magdalena Klink

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michal KielbikInstitute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 106 Lodowa Str., 93-232 Lodz, Poland. mkielbik@cbm.pan.pl.
Izabela Szulc-KielbikInstitute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 106 Lodowa Str., 93-232 Lodz, Poland. iszulc@cbm.pan.pl.
Magdalena KlinkInstitute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 106 Lodowa Str., 93-232 Lodz, Poland. mklink@cbm.pan.pl.
Institute for Medical Biology · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), the enzyme responsible for nitric oxide (NO) production, is not present in most cells under normal conditions. The expression of its mRNA, as well as its protein synthesis and full enzymatic activity, undergoes multilevel regulation including transcriptional and posttranscriptional mechanisms, the availability of iNOS substrate and cofactors and oxygen tension. However, in various malignant diseases, such as ovarian cancer, the intracellular mechanisms controlling iNOS are dysregulated, resulting in the permanent induction of iNOS expression and activation. The present review summarizes the multistaged processes occurring in normal cells that promote NO synthesis and focuses on factors regulating iNOS expression in ovarian cancer. The possible involvement of iNOS in the chemoresistance of ovarian cancer and its potential as a prognostic/predictive factor in the course of disease development are also reviewed. According to the available yet limited data, it is difficult to draw unequivocal conclusions on the pros and cons of iNOS in ovarian cancer. Most clinical data support the hypothesis that high levels of iNOS expression in ovarian tumors are associated with a greater risk of disease relapse and patient death. However, in vitro studies with various ovarian cancer cell lines indicate a correlation between a high level of iNOS expression and sensitivity to cisplatin.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, NeoplasmAnimalsCisplatinDisease ProgressionFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIOvarian NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentUp-RegulationCisplatinNitric Oxide Synthase Type IINOS2 protein, humanchemoresistanceiNOSovarian cancer

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PMID30970628
PMCPMC6479373
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