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ReviewCell death & disease2020

BCL-w: apoptotic and non-apoptotic role in health and disease.

Mariusz L Hartman, Malgorzata Czyz

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Review in Cell death & disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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.

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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. A new era in cancer therapy: targeting the Proteasome-Bcl-2 axis.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mariusz L HartmanDepartment of Molecular Biology of Cancer, Medical University of Lodz, 6/8 Mazowiecka Street, 92-215, Lodz, Poland. mariusz.hartman@umed.lodz.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2231-3740
Malgorzata CzyzDepartment of Molecular Biology of Cancer, Medical University of Lodz, 6/8 Mazowiecka Street, 92-215, Lodz, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8279-4742
Medical University of Lodz · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The BCL-2 family of proteins integrates signals that trigger either cell survival or apoptosis. The balance between pro-survival and pro-apoptotic proteins is important for tissue development and homeostasis, while impaired apoptosis contributes to several pathologies and can be a barrier against effective treatment. BCL-w is an anti-apoptotic protein that shares a sequence similarity with BCL-X

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisbcl-X ProteinHumansMiceMice, NudeProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2bcl-X ProteinProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2

Identifiers

PMID32317622
PMCPMC7174325
OpenAlexW3017181622

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