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ReviewBiochemical Society transactions2022

Last but not least: BFL-1 as an emerging target for anti-cancer therapies.

Gaoyuan Wang, Sarah T Diepstraten, Marco J Herold

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Review in Biochemical Society transactions, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gaoyuan WangThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3686-7891
Sarah T DiepstratenThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1946-5161
Marco J HeroldThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7539-7581
The University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BFL-1 is an understudied pro-survival BCL-2 protein. The expression of BFL-1 is reported in many cancers, but it is yet to be clarified whether high transcript expression also always correlates with a pro-survival function. However, recent applications of BH3-mimetics for the treatment of blood cancers identified BFL-1 as a potential resistance factor in this type of cancer. Hence, understanding the role of BFL-1 in human cancers and how its up-regulation leads to therapy resistance has become an area of great clinical relevance. In addition, deletion of the murine homologue of BFL-1, called A1, in mice showed only minimal impacts on the well-being of these animals, suggesting drugs targeting BFL-1 would exhibit limited on-target toxicities. BFL-1 therefore represents a good clinical cancer target. Currently, no effective BFL-1 inhibitors exist, which is likely due to the underappreciation of BFL-1 as a potential target in the clinic and lack of understanding of the BFL-1 protein. In this review, the roles of BFL-1 in the development of different types of cancers and drug resistant mechanisms are discussed and some recent advances in the generation of BFL-1 inhibitors highlighted.

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NeoplasmsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2AnimalsApoptosisHumansMethylcelluloseMiceMinor Histocompatibility AntigensMethylcelluloseMinor Histocompatibility AntigensProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2BCL-2 proteinscancercell deathchemotherapy

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PMID35900226
PMCPMC9444066
OpenAlexW4288433624

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