ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2019
Selective Killing of Cancer Cells by Nonplanar Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Induced DNA Damage.
Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
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.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- The advent of molecular nanocarbon biology.Chemical science · 2026Review
- Stereoselective synthesis of E-shaped double helicene analogues via organocatalytic intermolecular cycloaddition.Nature communications · 2026Article
- High mobility group A1 (HMGA1) promotes esophageal squamous cell carcinoma progression by inhibiting STING-mediated anti-tumor immunity.Nature communications · 2025Article
- A pH-sensitive peptide amphiphilic-based drug delivery system inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma growth by suppressing hepatic stellate cell activation.Materials today. Bio · 2025Article
- Catalytic kinetic resolution of helical polycyclic phenols via an organocatalyzed enantioselective dearomative amination reaction.Science advances · 2024Article
- Enantioselective synthesis of [4]helicenes by organocatalyzed intermolecular C-H amination.Nature communications · 2024Article
- The potential of swine pseudorabies virus attenuated vaccine for oncolytic therapy against malignant tumors.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2023Article
- Recent Advances in Electrochemical Biosensors for Monitoring Animal Cell Function and Viability.Biosensors · 2022Review
- Article
- Synergistic Antiproliferation of Cisplatin and Nitrated [6,6,6]Tricycle Derivative (SK2) for a Combined Treatment of Oral Cancer Cells.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- An Unrevealed Molecular Function of Corannulene Buckybowl Glycoconjugates in Selective Tumor Annihilation by Targeting the Cancer-Specific Warburg Effect.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022Article
- Coordinating bioorthogonal reactions with two tumor-microenvironment-responsive nanovehicles for spatiotemporally controlled prodrug activation.Chemical science · 2020Article
- Selective Killing of Cancer Cells by Nonplanar Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Induced DNA Damage.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
A large number of current chemotherapeutic agents prevent the growth of tumors by inhibiting DNA synthesis of cancer cells. It has been found recently that many planar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) derivatives, previously known as carcinogenic, display anticancer activity through DNA cross-linking. However, the practical use of these PAHs is substantially limited by their low therapeutic efficiency and selectivity toward most tumors. Herein, the anticancer property of a nonplanar PAH named [4]helicenium, which exhibits highly selective cytotoxicity toward liver, lung cancer, and leukemia cells compared with normal cells, is reported. Moreover, [4]helicenium effectively inhibits tumor growth in liver cancer-bearing mice and shows little side effects in normal mice. RNA sequencing and confirmatory results demonstrate that [4]helicenium induces more DNA damage in tumor cells than in normal cells, resulting in tumor cell cycle arrest and apoptosis increment. This study reveals an unexpected role and molecular mechanism for PAHs in selectively killing tumor cells and provides an effective strategy for precision cancer therapies.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.