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ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2020

The Multifaceted Role of HSF1 in Tumorigenesis.

Milad J Alasady, Marc L Mendillo

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Review in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. HSF1 Activation Mechanisms, Disease Roles, and Small Molecule Therapeutics.International journal of biological sciences · 2025
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  10. An HSF1-JMJD6-HSP feedback circuit promotes cell adaptation to proteotoxic stress.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Milad J AlasadyDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Marc L MendilloDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. mendillo@northwestern.edu.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION AND CANCERT32CA070085 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI LEONIDAS C. PLATANIAS · 1997 to 2026
$5.7M
Elucidating the stress response regulatory networks that enable malignancyR00CA175293 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MENDILLO, MARC · 2016 to 2018
$747k
HSRD VA PPO 16-135NCI NIH HHS R00 CA175293NCI NIH HHS T32 CA070085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heat Shock Factor 1 (HSF1), the master transcriptional regulator of the heat shock response (HSR), was first cloned more than 30 years ago. Most early research interrogating the role that HSF1 plays in biology focused on its cytoprotective functions, as a factor that promotes the survival of organisms by protecting against the proteotoxicity associated with neurodegeneration and other pathological conditions. However, recent studies have revealed a deleterious role of HSF1, as a factor that is co-opted by cancer cells to promote their own survival to the detriment of the organism. In cancer, HSF1 operates in a multifaceted manner to promote oncogenic transformation, proliferation, metastatic dissemination, and anti-cancer drug resistance. Here we review our current understanding of HSF1 activation and function in malignant progression and discuss the potential for HSF1 inhibition as a novel anticancer strategy. Collectively, this ever-growing body of work points to a prominent role of HSF1 in nearly every aspect of carcinogenesis.

Indexed as

CarcinogenesisAnimalsCell Transformation, NeoplasticHeat-Shock ResponseHeat Shock Transcription FactorsHumansNeoplasmsHeat Shock Transcription FactorsHSF1 protein, humanCancerChaperonesGene regulatory networksHeat shockHeat shock proteinsHSF1Stress responseTranscription factorTumor

Identifiers

PMID32297212
PMCPMC8236212
OpenAlexW3016603629

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