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ArticlePloS one2023

Rational therapeutic targets with biomolecular liquid-liquid phase separation regulating synergy: A pan-cancer analysis.

Si Sun, Wenwen Wang, Guoqing Li, Man Xiao, Minggang Peng, Jing Cai, Zehua Wang, Qiang Yang, Xiaoqi He

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Article in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Si SunDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Wenwen WangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Guoqing LiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6557-1301
Man XiaoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Minggang PengDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Jing CaiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Zehua WangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Qiang YangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Xiaoqi HeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4820-0346
Union Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is characterized as an ubiquitous framework for diverse biological processes including carcinogenesis and cancer progression. While targeting cancer from perspective of LLPS offers an opportunity to drug the conventionally undruggables with cancer-driving potential, the therapeutic value of cancer associated LLPS (CAL) proteins remains elusive. Here, we report the genomic landscape, prognostic relevance, immune-infiltration association, down-stream pathway alteration and small molecular responsiveness of CAL protein-coding gene signatures based on protein-coding associated mutations and transcriptional abundance in pan-cancer. Correlations of CAL protein-coding associated mutations and transcriptional abundances to overall survival and progression-free survival were observed in an array of cancers and further characterized by differential survival outcomes between patients with intrinsic disordered region (IDR) enriched and non-IDR enriched mutations in endometrial cancer. Altered signaling pathways and universal pattern of immune infiltrates on account of CAL protein-coding associated gene-set mutations involved key components of oncogenesis in various cancer types and well established therapeutic targets including MAPK signaling pathway and implied an inflamed tumor immunity that might be highly responsive to immunotherapy. LLPS inhibitor enhanced cytotoxicity of cisplatin/paclitaxel in selective cancer cell lines. These findings provide preliminary evidences for rational chemo-, targeted- and immuno-therapeutic innovation with LLPS regulating synergy.

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Intrinsically Disordered ProteinsNeoplasmsGenomicsHumansProteinsIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsProteins

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PMID37917664
PMCPMC10621828
OpenAlexW4388215125

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