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ReviewBiomedicines2022

The Cytoprotective, Cytotoxic and Nonprotective Functional Forms of Autophagy Induced by Microtubule Poisons in Tumor Cells-Implications for Autophagy Modulation as a Therapeutic Strategy.

Jingwen Xu, Ahmed M Elshazly, David A Gewirtz

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Review in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Autophagy activator AA-20 improves proteostasis and extendsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  8. Evidence for cytoprotective autophagy in response to HER2-targeted monoclonal antibodies.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2025
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  9. CLDN6 induces chemoresistance through protective autophagy in breast cancer.International journal of biological sciences · 2025
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  14. The Cytoprotective Role of Autophagy in Response to BRAF-Targeted Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Jingwen XuSchool of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2451-8037
Ahmed M ElshazlyMassey Cancer Center, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 401 College St., Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
David A GewirtzMassey Cancer Center, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 401 College St., Richmond, VA 23298, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0437-4934
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University · CNKafrelsheikh University · EGVirginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microtubule poisons, as is the case with other antitumor drugs, routinely promote autophagy in tumor cells. However, the nature and function of the autophagy, in terms of whether it is cytoprotective, cytotoxic or nonprotective, cannot be predicted; this likely depends on both the type of drug studied as well as the tumor cell under investigation. In this article, we explore the literature relating to the spectrum of microtubule poisons and the nature of the autophagy induced. We further speculate as to whether autophagy inhibition could be a practical strategy for improving the response to cancer therapy involving these drugs that have microtubule function as a primary target.

Indexed as

autophagychemosensitizationcytoprotectivecytotoxicmicrotubule poisonnonprotective

Identifiers

PMID35884937
PMCPMC9312878
OpenAlexW4284887567

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