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ArticleTranslational oncology2019

A Novel Drug, CC-122, Inhibits Tumor Growth in Hepatocellular Carcinoma through Downregulation of an Oncogenic TCF-4 Isoform.

Yoshito Tomimaru, Arihiro Aihara, Jack R Wands, Costica Aloman, Miran Kim

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Article in Translational oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Hepatocellular carcinoma: signaling pathways and therapeutic advances.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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  4. Population Pharmacokinetics of CC-122.Clinical pharmacology : advances and applications · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yoshito TomimaruLiver Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Arihiro AiharaLiver Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Jack R WandsLiver Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Costica AlomanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Section of Hepatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Miran KimLiver Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Section of Hepatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: Miran_Kim@rush.edu.
Brown University · USRhode Island Hospital · USRush University Medical Center · US

Funding

Targeting mononuclear phagocytes development in alcohol induced liver damage: pathological and immunological pathwaysR01AA024762 · NIAAA · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI ALOMAN, COSTICA · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunomodulatory drugs such as lenalidomide (LEN) have shown significant anti-tumor activity against hematologic malignancies and they may have similar actions on solid tumors as well. We studied the effect of a new analog of the immunomodulatory drugs (CC-122) on the growth of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and explored mechanisms of anti-tumor activity by analyzing expression of a novel oncogenic T-cell factor (TCF)-4 J and its downstream gene activation. LEN and CC-122 significantly reduced the expression levels of TCF-4 J and its target genes (SPP1, AXIN2, MMP7, ASPH, CD24, ANXA1, and CAMK2N1); however, CC-122 was more potent. In a xenograft tumor model with a HAK-1A-TCF-4 J derived stable cells, tumor growth was significantly inhibited by CC-122, but not by LEN or vehicle control. The mice with HCC xenograft tumors treated with CC-122 exhibited decreased TCF-4 J expression compared to LEN and control. Furthermore, expression of TCF-4 J-responsive target genes (SPP1, AXIN2, MMP7, ASPH, JAG1, CD24, ANXA1, and CAMK2N1) was reduced by CC-122 and not by LEN or control. These results suggest that CC-122 inhibits HCC tumor growth through downregulation of the oncogenic TCF-4 J isoform.

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PMID31352197
PMCPMC6664230
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