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ArticleJournal of Cancer2021

β-elemene enhances the antitumor activity of erlotinib by inducing apoptosis through AMPK and MAPK pathways in TKI-resistant H1975 lung cancer cells.

Jue Wang, Cong Xu, Ying Chen, Le Shao, Ting Li, Xingxing Fan, Lili Yu, Ruonan Zhang, Bi Chen, Hongwei Chen and 3 more

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Article in Journal of Cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

13 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Jue WangFaculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China.
Cong XuFaculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China.
Ying ChenFaculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China.
Le ShaoThe First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Ting LiFaculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China.
Xingxing FanFaculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China.
Lili YuFaculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China.
Ruonan ZhangFaculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China.
Bi ChenFaculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China.
Hongwei ChenFaculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China.
Xinbing SuiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Holistic Integrative Oncology Institutes and Holistic Integrative Cancer Center of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, College of Medicine, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Elaine Lai-Han LeungFaculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China.
Qibiao WuFaculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China.
Macau University of Science and Technology · MOAffiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNHangzhou Normal University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) significantly improve the outcome of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with EGFR mutations, however, most TKI-treated patients will develop resistance to TKIs. β-elemene, extracted from

Indexed as

AMPKapoptosisEGFR-mutatedmechanismsNSCLCTKI-resistantβ-elemene

Identifiers

PMID33758606
PMCPMC7974887
OpenAlexW3137137644

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