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ReviewOncology reports2023

Modulating epigenetic modifications for cancer therapy (Review).

Leonardo Josué Castro-Muñoz, Elenaé Vázquez Ulloa, Cecilia Sahlgren, Marcela Lizano, Erick De La Cruz-Hernández, Adriana Contreras-Paredes

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Review in Oncology reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
14.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Unlocking Lung Cancer Cell Dormancy: An Epigenetic Perspective.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  16. Oncology Clinical Trials Targeting Members of the Cadherin Superfamily: A Review.Journal of immunotherapy and precision oncology · 2025
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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 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Leonardo Josué Castro-MuñozThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Elenaé Vázquez UlloaFaculty of Science and Engineering/Cell Biology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20500, Finland.
Cecilia SahlgrenFaculty of Science and Engineering/Cell Biology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20500, Finland.
Marcela LizanoUnidad de Investigacion Biomedica en Cancer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología-Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico 14080, Mexico.
Erick De La Cruz-HernándezLaboratory of Research in Metabolic and Infectious Diseases, Multidisciplinary Academic Division of Comalcalco, Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco, Comalcalco, Tabasco 86650, Mexico.
Adriana Contreras-ParedesUnidad de Investigacion Biomedica en Cancer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología-Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico 14080, Mexico.
Åbo Akademi University · FIInstituto Nacional de Cancerología · MXThe Wistar Institute · USUniversidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is a global public health concern. Alterations in epigenetic processes are among the earliest genomic aberrations occurring during cancer development and are closely related to progression. Unlike genetic mutations, aberrations in epigenetic processes are reversible, which opens the possibility for novel pharmacological treatments. Non‑coding RNAs (ncRNAs) represent an essential epigenetic mechanism, and emerging evidence links ncRNAs to carcinogenesis. Epigenetic drugs (epidrugs) are a group of promising target therapies for cancer treatment acting as coadjuvants to reverse drug resistance in cancer. The present review describes central epigenetic aberrations during malignant transformation and explains how epidrugs target DNA methylation, histone modifications and ncRNAs. Furthermore, clinical trials focused on evaluating the effect of these epidrugs alone or in combination with other anticancer therapies and other ncRNA‑based therapies are discussed. The use of epidrugs promises to be an effective tool for reversing drug resistance in some patients with cancer.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticNeoplasmsCarcinogenesisDNA MethylationHumansRNA, UntranslatedRNA, Untranslatedcancerepigenetic drugsepigenetic mechanismsnon‑coding RNAtherapy

Identifiers

PMID36799181
PMCPMC9942256
OpenAlexW4319983518

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