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ArticleJournal of Cancer2020

Brevilin A induces ROS-dependent apoptosis and suppresses STAT3 activation by direct binding in human lung cancer cells.

Muhammad Khan, Amara Maryam, Muhammad Zubair Saleem, Hafiz Abdullah Shakir, Javed Iqbal Qazi, Yongming Li, Tonghui Ma

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Article in Journal of Cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Muhammad KhanDepartment of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan.
Amara MaryamDepartment of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan.
Muhammad Zubair SaleemCollege of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian-116044, P.R. China.
Hafiz Abdullah ShakirDepartment of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan.
Javed Iqbal QaziDepartment of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan.
Yongming LiSchool of Medicine and Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, P.R. China.
Tonghui MaSchool of Medicine and Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, P.R. China.
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNDalian Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sesquiterpene lactones have been shown to be promising leads for anticancer drug development. Brevilin A (BLN-A), a sesquiterpene lactone compound of

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apoptosisBrevilin ANSCLCROSSPRSTAT3

Identifiers

PMID32328177
PMCPMC7171504
OpenAlexW3015412873

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