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ReviewNature cancer2023

Non-lethal outcomes of engaging regulated cell death pathways in cancer.

Halime Kalkavan, Sebastian Rühl, Jeremy J P Shaw, Douglas R Green

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Review in Nature cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. A century of cell death research.Journal of cell science · 2026
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  12. Decoding ferroptosis for cancer therapy.Nature reviews. Cancer · 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Halime Kalkavan *Department of Immunology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0090-4080
Sebastian Rühl *Department of Immunology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Jeremy J P Shaw *Department of Immunology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7458-215X
Douglas R GreenDepartment of Immunology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. douglas.green@stjude.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7332-1417
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

MECHANISMS OF REGULATED CELL DEATHR35CA231620 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Douglas R. Green · 2018 to 2026
$9.2M
T32 Training Program in Pediatric Immuno-Oncology and ImmunotherapyT32CA272387 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Stephen Gottschalk · 2022 to 2026
$994k
NCI NIH HHS R35 CA231620NCI NIH HHS T32 CA272387
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulated cell death (RCD) is essential for successful systemic cancer therapy. Yet, the engagement of RCD pathways does not inevitably result in cell death. Instead, RCD pathways can take part in diverse biological processes if the cells survive. Consequently, these surviving cells, for which we propose the term 'flatliners', harbor important functions. These evolutionarily conserved responses can be exploited by cancer cells to promote their own survival and growth, with challenges and opportunities for cancer therapy.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsRegulated Cell DeathCell Death

Identifiers

PMID37277528
PMCPMC10416134
OpenAlexW4379390633

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