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ReviewCancer metastasis reviews2020

Rho GTPases in cancer radiotherapy and metastasis.

Rui-Jie Zeng, Chun-Wen Zheng, Wan-Xian Chen, Li-Yan Xu, En-Min Li

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Review in Cancer metastasis reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rui-Jie ZengDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, China.
Chun-Wen ZhengDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, China.
Wan-Xian ChenDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, China.
Li-Yan XuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, China. lyxu@stu.edu.cn.
En-Min LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, China. nmli@stu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-6375-3614
Shantou University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite treatment advances, radioresistance and metastasis markedly impair the benefits of radiotherapy to patients with malignancies. Functioning as molecular switches, Rho guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) have well-recognized roles in regulating various downstream signaling pathways in a wide range of cancers. In recent years, accumulating evidence indicates the involvement of Rho GTPases in cancer radiotherapeutic efficacy and metastasis, as well as radiation-induced metastasis. The functions of Rho GTPases in radiotherapeutic efficacy are divergent and context-dependent; thereby, a comprehensive integration of their roles and correlated mechanisms is urgently needed. This review integrates current evidence supporting the roles of Rho GTPases in mediating radiotherapeutic efficacy and the underlying mechanisms. In addition, their correlations with metastasis and radiation-induced metastasis are discussed. Under the prudent application of Rho GTPase inhibitors based on critical evaluations of biological contexts, targeting Rho GTPases can be a promising strategy in overcoming radioresistance and simultaneously reducing the metastatic potential of tumor cells.

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AnimalsHumansNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsRadiation Tolerancerho GTP-Binding Proteinsrho GTP-Binding ProteinsMetastasisRac1RadioresistanceRadiotherapyRho GTPase

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PMID32772212
OpenAlexW3048145652

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