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ReviewCurrent radiopharmaceuticals2024

Ferroptosis Inducers as Promising Radiosensitizer Agents in Cancer Radiotherapy.

Fatemeh-Jalali Zefrei, Mohammd Shormij, Leila Dastranj, Maryam Alvandi, Zahra Shaghaghi, Soghra Farzipour, Nasim Zarei-Polgardani

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Review in Current radiopharmaceuticals, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Ferroptosis in gastrointestinal stromal tumors.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2026
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  12. Current Perspectives on Radiosensitizers in Cancer Radiotherapy.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Fatemeh-Jalali ZefreiCardiovascular Diseases Research Center, Department of Cardiology, Heshmat Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Mohammd ShormijPharmacology and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences-Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Leila DastranjDepartment of Physics, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran.
Maryam AlvandiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Zahra ShaghaghiDepartment of Radiopharmacy, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Soghra FarzipourCardiovascular Diseases Research Center, Department of Cardiology, Heshmat Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Nasim Zarei-PolgardaniDepartment of Animal Sciences and Marine Biology, Faculty of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C, Evin, Tehran, Iran.
Guilan University of Medical Sciences · IRHamedan University of Medical Sciences · IRHakim Sabzevari University · IRIslamic Azad University Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch · IRShahid Beheshti University · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiotherapy (RT) failure has historically been mostly attributed to radioresistance. Ferroptosis is a type of controlled cell death that depends on iron and is caused by polyunsaturated fatty acid peroxidative damage. Utilizing a ferroptosis inducer may be a successful tactic for preventing tumor growth and radiotherapy-induced cell death. A regulated form of cell death known as ferroptosis is caused by the peroxidation of phospholipids containing polyunsaturated fatty acids in an iron-dependent manner (PUFA-PLs). The ferroptosis pathway has a number of important regulators. By regulating the formation of PUFA-PLs, the important lipid metabolism enzyme ACSL4 promotes ferroptosis, whereas SLC7A11 and (glutathione peroxidase 4) GPX4 prevent ferroptosis. In addition to introducing the ferroptosis inducer chemicals that have recently been demonstrated to have a radiosensitizer effect, this review highlights the function and methods by which ferroptosis contributes to RT-induced cell death and tumor suppression

Indexed as

FerroptosisNeoplasmsRadiation-Sensitizing AgentsAmino Acid Transport System y+AnimalsCoenzyme A LigasesFatty Acids, UnsaturatedHumansIronLipid PeroxidationLong-Chain-Fatty-Acid-CoA LigasePhospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione PeroxidaseAmino Acid Transport System y+Coenzyme A LigasesFatty Acids, UnsaturatedIronLong-Chain-Fatty-Acid-CoA LigasePhospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione PeroxidaseRadiation-Sensitizing AgentsSLC7A11 protein, humancancercell death.Ferroptosisradioresistanceradiosensitizerradiotherapy

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PMID37974441
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