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ArticleCancers2021

Photodynamic Therapy Using Hippo Pathway Inhibitor Verteporfin: A Potential Dual Mechanistic Approach in Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas.

Jeffrey D Rytlewski, Nicholas Scalora, Keith Garcia, Munir Tanas, Fatima Toor, Benjamin Miller, Bryan Allen, Mohammed Milhem, Varun Monga

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Metabolic landscapes in sarcomas.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2021
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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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jeffrey D RytlewskiDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Nicholas ScaloraDepartment of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5408-6012
Keith GarciaDepartment of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Munir TanasDepartment of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Fatima ToorDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa Technology Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1372-983X
Benjamin MillerDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Bryan AllenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Mohammed MilhemDivision of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplant, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Varun MongaDivision of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplant, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1185-5448
University of Iowa · US

Funding

Viral VectorP30CA086862 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Christopher K Laubenthal · 2000 to 2026
$70.0M
NCI NIH HHS 3P30CA086862-14S1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcoma is a widely varied and devastating oncological subtype, with overall five-year survival of 65% that drops to 16% with the presence of metastatic disease at diagnosis. Standard of care for localized sarcomas is predicated on local control with wide-local resection and radiation therapy, or, less commonly, chemotherapy, depending on tumor subtype. Verteporfin has the potential to be incorporated into this standard of care due to its unique molecular properties: inhibition of the upregulated Hippo pathway that frequently drives soft tissue sarcoma and photodynamic therapy-mediated necrosis due to oxidative damage. The initial anti-proliferative effect of verteporfin is mediated via binding and dissociation of YAP/TEAD proteins from the nucleus, ultimately leading to decreased cell proliferation as demonstrated in multiple in vitro studies. This effect has the potential to be compounded with use of photodynamic therapy to directly induce cellular necrosis with use of a clinical laser. Photodynamic therapy has been incorporated into multiple malignancies and has the potential to be incorporated into sarcoma treatment.

Indexed as

Hippo pathwayphotodynamic therapysoft tissue sarcomaverteporfinYAP/TAZ

Identifiers

PMID33567506
PMCPMC7915813
OpenAlexW3126581724

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