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SynthesisEnvironmental science and pollution research international2022

Promising effects of parasite-derived compounds on tumor regression: a systematic review of in vitro and in vivo studies.

Ali Asghari, Hassan Nourmohammadi, Hamidreza Majidiani, Seyyed Ali Shariatzadeh, Davood Anvari, Sadegh Shamsinia, Ezatollah Ghasemi, Morteza Shams, Gholam Basati

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Synthesis in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  4. Frontiers in oncology · 2026
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  5. Parasites revive hope for cancer therapy.European journal of medical research · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Ali Asghari *Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Hassan Nourmohammadi *Department of Internal Medicine, Shahid Mostafa Khomeini Hospital, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.
Hamidreza MajidianiZoonotic Diseases Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.
Seyyed Ali ShariatzadehDepartment of Parasitology, Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Davood AnvariDepartment of Parasitology, Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Sadegh ShamsiniaDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Ezatollah GhasemiDepartment of Medical Parasitology, School of Medicine, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran.
Morteza ShamsZoonotic Diseases Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran. Shams-m@medilam.ac.ir.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-4908
Gholam BasatiZoonotic Diseases Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran. Basati-Gh@medilam.ac.ir.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The parasites are repeatedly confronting their host to take advantage of nutrients for multiplication and survival. In this sense, a wide spectrum of molecules is released from both sides, with immune-regulatory activity, accompanying this biological battle. Such parasites and their valuable molecules can be directed toward microbial-based cancer therapy. Herein, we contrived a systematic review to gather information on the antitumor activity of parasite-derived compounds. Following systematic search in Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Scopus, PubMed, ProQuest and Embase until 31 December 2019, a total number of 51 articles (54 datasets) were finally included in this review. Thirteen parasitic agents were found to possess possible antitumor activity, comprising protozoan species Toxoplasma gondii, Trypanosoma cruzi, Trichomonas vaginalis, Acanthamoeba castellanii, Besnoitia jellisoni, Leishmania major, Plasmodium yoelii, and Plasmodium lophurae, as well as parasitic helminths Toxocara canis, Echinococcus granulosus, Taenia crassiceps, Trichinella spiralis, and Schistosoma mansoni. Most experiments were done based on antigenic preparations from T. gondii (16 studies), E. granulosus (10 studies), T. spiralis (8 studies), and T. cruzi (6 studies). Possible antitumor properties of the selected parasites were revealed in this review. However, precise molecular basis of anticancer activity for each parasite remains to be elucidated in the future.

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Echinococcus granulosusHelminthsNeoplasmsParasitesToxoplasmaAnimalsAntitumor activityCancersParasitesSystematic reviewTumors

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