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ReviewCancers2020

Deciphering the Role of Innate Immune NF-ĸB Pathway in Pancreatic Cancer.

Namrata Khurana, Paarth B Dodhiawala, Ashenafi Bulle, Kian-Huat Lim

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Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Namrata KhuranaDivision of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and The Alvin J. Siteman Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8673-1917
Paarth B DodhiawalaDivision of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and The Alvin J. Siteman Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6362-5847
Ashenafi BulleDivision of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and The Alvin J. Siteman Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6173-0769
Kian-Huat LimDivision of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and The Alvin J. Siteman Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2766-200X
Barnes-Jewish Hospital · US

Funding

Washington University PDX Development and Trial Center - Evaluation of Abemaciclib in Combination with Olaparib in Ovarian Cancer and Breast Cancer Patient-derived Xenograft ModelsU54CA224083 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Li Ding · 2017 to 2026
$13.0M
Washington University SPORE in Pancreatic CancerP50CA196510 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HAWKINS, WILLIAM G · 2016 to 2020
$10.9M
IRAK4 AS A NOVEL IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC TARGET IN PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMAR37CA219697 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI LIM, KIAN H · 2018 to 2024
$2.4M
Evaluation of IRAK4 As A Novel Therapeutic Target in Colorectal CancerR21CA223112 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI LIM, KIAN H · 2018 to 2019
$359k
American Cancer Society RSG-17-203-01-TBGBarnard Trust Foundation N/ANCI NIH HHS 1P50CA196510-01A1NCI NIH HHS R21 CA223112NCI NIH HHS R37 CA219697NCI NIH HHS R37CA219697-01NCI NIH HHS U54 CA224083The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal cancers with no effective treatment option. A predominant hallmark of PDAC is the intense fibro-inflammatory stroma which not only physically collapses vasculature but also functionally suppresses anti-tumor immunity. Constitutive and induced activation of the NF-κB transcription factors is a major mechanism that drives inflammation in PDAC. While targeting this pathway is widely supported as a promising therapeutic strategy, clinical success is elusive due to a lack of safe and effective anti-NF-κB pathway therapeutics. Furthermore, the cell type-specific contribution of this pathway, specifically in neoplastic cells, stromal fibroblasts, and immune cells, has not been critically appraised. In this article, we highlighted seminal and recent literature on molecular mechanisms that drive NF-κB activity in each of these major cell types in PDAC, focusing specifically on the innate immune Toll-like/IL-1 receptor pathway. We reviewed recent evidence on the signaling interplay between the NF-κB and oncogenic KRAS signaling pathways in PDAC cells and their collective contribution to cancer inflammation. Lastly, we reviewed clinical trials on agents that target the NF-κB pathway and novel therapeutic strategies that have been proposed in preclinical studies.

Indexed as

inflammationIRAK4NF-κBpancreatic cancerTAK1TPL2

Identifiers

PMID32961746
PMCPMC7564842
OpenAlexW3087620039

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