Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31174843›Full record

ReviewTrends in cancer2019

Cell Cycle and Beyond: Exploiting New RB1 Controlled Mechanisms for Cancer Therapy.

Erik S Knudsen, Steven C Pruitt, Pamela A Hershberger, Agnieszka K Witkiewicz, David W Goodrich

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In one paragraph

Review in Trends in cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 117 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
117citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
17.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

117 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 187 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Phase I/II Study of the Aurora Kinase A Inhibitor Alisertib and Pembrolizumab in Refractory, Rb-Deficient Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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  15. Unlocking Lung Cancer Cell Dormancy: An Epigenetic Perspective.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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57 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erik S KnudsenRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA; Center for Personalized Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA. Electronic address: erik.knudsen@roswellpark.org.
Steven C PruittRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.
Pamela A HershbergerRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA; Department of Oral Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Agnieszka K WitkiewiczRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA; Center for Personalized Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA; Department of Pathology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
David W GoodrichRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

Replication Licensing in Genome Stability, Cancer and AgingR01CA130995 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI KNUDSEN, ERIK · 2008 to 2022
$5.3M
NOTCH signaling controls transformation to androgen independent neuroendocrine prostate cancerR01CA234162 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI GOODRICH, DAVID W. · 2019 to 2024
$3.0M
Exploiting RB1 deficiency for the treatment of lethal neuroendocrine prostate cancerR01CA207757 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI ELLIS, LEIGH, GOODRICH, DAVID W. · 2016 to 2020
$2.8M
Common Genetically Altered Pathways as Targets for Therapy in Pancreatic CancerR01CA211878 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI KNUDSEN, ERIK, WITKIEWICZ, AGNIESZKA · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
Pathway Heterogeneity: Etiology and Treatment of TNBCR01CA188650 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI KNUDSEN, ERIK · 2014 to 2018
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA130995NCI NIH HHS R01 CA188650NCI NIH HHS R01 CA207757NCI NIH HHS R01 CA211878NCI NIH HHS R01 CA234162
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies highlight the importance of the RB1 tumor suppressor as a target for cancer therapy. Canonically, RB1 regulates cell cycle progression and represents the downstream target for cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitors that are in clinical use. However, newly discovered features of the RB1 pathway suggest new therapeutic strategies to counter resistance and improve precision medicine. These therapeutic strategies include deepening cell cycle exit with CDK4/6 inhibitor combinations, selectively targeting tumors that have lost RB1, and expanding therapeutic index by mitigating therapy-associated adverse effects. In addition, RB1 impacts immunological features of tumors and the microenvironment that can enhance sensitivity to immunotherapy. Lastly, RB1 specifies epigenetically determined cell lineage states that are disrupted during therapy resistance and could be re-installed through the direct use of epigenetic therapies. Thus, new opportunities are emerging to improve cancer therapy by exploiting the RB1 pathway.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkersCell CycleDisease SusceptibilityEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenetic HeterogeneityHumansImmunotherapyMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasmsRetinoblastoma Binding ProteinsSignal TransductionTumor EscapeUbiquitin-Protein LigasesAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkersRB1 protein, humanRetinoblastoma Binding ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesCDK4cyclinE2FepigeneticsEZH2immunotherapypalbociclibRB1retinoblastoma

Identifiers

PMID31174843
PMCPMC6719339
OpenAlexW2942797919

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