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ReviewTherapeutic advances in medical oncology2019

MKK7, the essential regulator of JNK signaling involved in cancer cell survival: a newly emerging anticancer therapeutic target.

Jae Gwang Park, Nur Aziz, Jae Youl Cho

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Review in Therapeutic advances in medical oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. MEK Inhibition in Glioblastoma: Current Perspectives and Future Directions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  9. Components of the JNK-MAPK pathway play distinct roles in hepatocellular carcinoma.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023
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  14. Metabolic Profiling ofMetabolites · 2022
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  15. Optimization of Covalent MKK7 InhibitorsJournal of medicinal chemistry · 2022
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  16. Photoinduced free radical-releasing systems and their anticancer properties.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jae Gwang ParkDepartment of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
Nur AzizDepartment of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7696-1025
Jae Youl ChoDepartment of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8141-9927
Sungkyunkwan University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), c-Jun NH2-terminal protein kinase (JNK) plays an important role in regulating cell fate, such as proliferation, differentiation, development, transformation, and apoptosis. Its activity is induced through the interaction of MAPK kinase kinases (MAP3Ks), MAPK kinases (MAP2Ks), and various scaffolding proteins. Because of the importance of the JNK cascade to intracellular bioactivity, many studies have been conducted to reveal its precise intracellular functions and mechanisms, but its regulatory mechanisms remain elusive. In this review, we discuss the molecular characterization, activation process, and physiological functions of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 7 (MKK7), the MAP2K that most specifically controls the activity of JNK. Understanding the role of MKK7/JNK signaling in physiological conditions could spark new hypotheses for targeted anticancer therapies.

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apoptosiscell proliferationJNKMAPKMKK7

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PMID31579105
PMCPMC6759727
OpenAlexW2976461335

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