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ReviewSeminars in cancer biology2021

Connections between endoplasmic reticulum stress-associated unfolded protein response, mitochondria, and autophagy in arsenic-induced carcinogenesis.

Priya Wadgaonkar, Fei Chen

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Review in Seminars in cancer biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
10.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Priya WadgaonkarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, 259 Mack Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA.
Fei ChenDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, 259 Mack Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA. Electronic address: fchen@wayne.edu.
Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences · USWayne State University · US

Funding

Pilot Project ProgramP30ES020957 · NIEHS · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI RUNGE-MORRIS, MELISSA A · 2014 to 2021
$10.1M
Reduced Reactive Oxygen Species and Oxidative Phosphorylation in Arsenic-Induced Cancer Stem CellsR01ES028263 · NIEHS · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CHEN, FEI · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
Dissecting Nrf2-dependent HIF1a activation mechanism in arsenic-induced cancer stem-like cellsR01ES031822 · NIEHS · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CHEN, FEI · 2021 to 2025
$1.8M
Arsenic-Induced miRNA-199 and mriRNA-214 Deplete Mitochondrial DNA for the Generation of Cancer Stem-Like CellsR01ES028335 · NIEHS · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CHEN, FEI · 2018 to 2022
$1.3M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES020957NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES028263NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES028335NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES031822
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arsenic exposure in contaminated drinking water is a global health issue, as more than 200 million people are affected globally. Arsenic has been known to cause skin, liver, lung, bladder and prostate cancers. Accordingly, it has been categorized as a group I human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Various natural and anthropogenic activities lead to the release of arsenic in the environment, contaminating air, water and food sources. Traditionally, genetic mutations have been the center of cancer research. However, emerging studies have now focused on the importance of epigenetics, metabolism and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in cancer. Arsenic is highly capable of inducing stress in the cells via the generation of free radicals causing oxidative stress, epigenetic and genetic alterations, mitochondrial dysfunction, activation of intracellular signaling pathways, and impairment of autophagy and DNA repair systems. The cancer cells are able to utilize the unfolded protein response (UPR) to overcome these internal stresses in various stages of arsenic-induced carcinogenesis, from cancer growth to immune responses. The UPR is an evolutionarily conserved stress response that has both survival and apoptotic outcomes. PERK, IRE1α and ATF6α are the three ER stress sensors that are activated to maintain cellular proteostasis, which can also promote apoptosis on prolonged ER stress. The dual nature of UPR in different cancer types and stages is a challenge for researchers. We must investigate the role and the connections among ER stress-associated UPR, mitochondrial dysfunction and autophagy in arsenic malignancies to identify key targets for cancer prevention and therapeutics.

Indexed as

AutophagyEndoplasmic Reticulum StressMitochondriaUnfolded Protein ResponseAnimalsArsenicCarcinogenesisEnvironmental ExposureHumansArsenicArsenicAutophagyCancer stem cellsER stressUPR

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PMID33836253
PMCPMC8492764
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