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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Alkaloids and Colon Cancer: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications for Cell Cycle Arrest.

Haroon Khan, Waqas Alam, Khalaf F Alsharif, Michael Aschner, Samreen Pervez, Luciano Saso

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 39 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

6 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Haroon KhanDepartment of Pharmacy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-1736-4404
Waqas AlamDepartment of Pharmacy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-8329-9180
Khalaf F AlsharifDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, College of Applied Medical Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-8156-2069
Michael AschnerDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2619-1656
Samreen PervezDepartment of Pharmacy, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar 29050, Pakistan.
Luciano SasoDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4530-8706
Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan · PKAlbert Einstein College of Medicine · USQurtuba University of Science and Information Technology · PKSapienza University of Rome · ITTaif University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is the second most fatal disease worldwide, with colon cancer being the third most prevalent and fatal form of cancer in several Western countries. The risk of acquisition of resistance to chemotherapy remains a significant hurdle in the management of various types of cancer, especially colon cancer. Therefore, it is essential to develop alternative treatment modalities. Naturally occurring alkaloids have been shown to regulate various mechanistic pathways linked to cell proliferation, cell cycle, and metastasis. This review aims to shed light on the potential of alkaloids as anti-colon-cancer chemotherapy agents that can modulate or arrest the cell cycle. Preclinical investigated alkaloids have shown anti-colon cancer activities and inhibition of cancer cell proliferation via cell cycle arrest at different stages, suggesting that alkaloids may have the potential to act as anticancer molecules.

Indexed as

AlkaloidsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisCell Cycle CheckpointsCell ProliferationColonic NeoplasmsDrug DiscoveryHumansAlkaloidsAntineoplastic Agentsalkaloidsanticancer activitycell cycle arrestcolon cancer

Identifiers

PMID35164185
PMCPMC8838632
OpenAlexW4210654540

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