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ArticleAging2021

The anti-dysenteric drug fraxetin enhances anti-tumor efficacy of gemcitabine and suppresses pancreatic cancer development by antagonizing STAT3 activation.

Yangyang Guo, Yanyi Xiao, Hangcheng Guo, Hengyue Zhu, Dong Chen, Jilong Wang, Junjie Deng, Junjie Lan, Xiaodong Liu, Qiyu Zhang and 1 more

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Article in Aging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. STAT3 axis in cancer and cancer stem cells: From oncogenesis to targeted therapies.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Reviews on cancer · 2025
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  6. Chloroxine inhibits pancreatic cancer progression through targeted antagonization of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Yangyang GuoKey Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Hepato-Pancreatic Diseases of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China.
Yanyi XiaoKey Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Hepato-Pancreatic Diseases of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China.
Hangcheng GuoKey Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Hepato-Pancreatic Diseases of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China.
Hengyue ZhuKey Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Hepato-Pancreatic Diseases of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China.
Dong ChenThe Sixth People's Hospital of Wenzhou City, Wenzhou 325000, China.
Jilong WangEngineering Research Center of Clinical Functional Materials and Diagnosis and Treatment Devices of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy Sciences, Wenzhou 325000, China.
Junjie DengEngineering Research Center of Clinical Functional Materials and Diagnosis and Treatment Devices of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy Sciences, Wenzhou 325000, China.
Junjie LanState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361000, China.
Xiaodong LiuPlatform for Radiation Protection and Emergency Preparedness, School of Public Health and Management, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China.
Qiyu ZhangDepartment for Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China.
Yongheng BaiKey Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Hepato-Pancreatic Diseases of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fraxetin, a natural product isolated and purified from the bark of

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCell Line, TumorCoumarinsDeoxycytidineEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionGemcitabineGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudePancreatic NeoplasmsReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionCoumarinsDeoxycytidinefraxetinGemcitabineReactive Oxygen SpeciesSTAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription Factorfraxetingemcitabineoxidative stresspancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaSTAT3

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PMID34320467
PMCPMC8351699

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