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ReviewCancer cell international2024

Melanoma biology and treatment: a review of novel regulated cell death-based approaches.

Ming-Yun Hsieh, Sheng-Kai Hsu, Tzu-Yu Liu, Chang-Yi Wu, Chien-Chih Chiu

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Review in Cancer cell international, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
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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

45 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Nuclear IDH3A Drives Transcriptional Programs in Melanoma via the YBX1-JUN/FOS Axis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  20. Sinonasal Mucosal Melanoma: A Comprehensive Review and Clinical Experience.Journal of rhinology : official journal of the Korean Rhinologic Society · 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ming-Yun HsiehDepartment of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Sheng-Kai HsuDepartment of Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan.
Tzu-Yu LiuDepartment of Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan.
Chang-Yi WuDepartment of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan. cywu@mail.nsysu.edu.tw.
Chien-Chih ChiuDepartment of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan. cchiu@kmu.edu.tw.
Kaohsiung Medical University · TWKaohsiung Veterans General Hospital · TWNational Sun Yat-sen University · TW

Funding

Kaohsiung Medical University Research Center KMU-TC112A04NSYSU-KMU NSYSUKMU112-P23The National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan MOST 109-2314-B-037-069-MY3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The incidence of melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer, has increased due to ultraviolet exposure. The treatment of advanced melanoma, particularly metastatic cases, remains challenging with poor outcomes. Targeted therapies involving BRAF/MEK inhibitors and immunotherapy based on anti-PD1/anti-CTLA4 antibodies have achieved long-term survival rates of approximately 50% for patients with advanced melanoma. However, therapy resistance and inadequate treatment response continue to hinder further breakthroughs in treatments that increase survival rates. This review provides an introduction to the molecular-level pathogenesis of melanoma and offers an overview of current treatment options and their limitations. Cells can die by either accidental or regulated cell death (RCD). RCD is an orderly cell death controlled by a variety of macromolecules to maintain the stability of the internal environment. Since the uncontrolled proliferation of tumor cells requires evasion of RCD programs, inducing the RCD of melanoma cells may be a treatment strategy. This review summarizes studies on various types of nonapoptotic RCDs, such as autophagy-dependent cell death, necroptosis, ferroptosis, pyroptosis, and the recently discovered cuproptosis, in the context of melanoma. The relationships between these RCDs and melanoma are examined, and the interplay between these RCDs and immunotherapy or targeted therapy in patients with melanoma is discussed. Given the findings demonstrating melanoma cell death in response to different stimuli associated with these RCDs, the induction of RCD shows promise as an integral component of treatment strategies for melanoma.

Indexed as

Autophagy-dependent cell deathCuproptosisFerroptosisImmunotherapyMelanomaNecroptosisPyroptosisRegulated cell deathTargeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID38336727
PMCPMC10858604
OpenAlexW4391679041

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