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ReviewCancers2024

Malignant Melanoma: An Overview, New Perspectives, and Vitamin D Signaling.

Radomir M Slominski, Tae-Kang Kim, Zorica Janjetovic, Anna A Brożyna, Ewa Podgorska, Katie M Dixon, Rebecca S Mason, Robert C Tuckey, Rahul Sharma, David K Crossman and 5 more

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Review in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

15 authors.

Radomir M SlominskiDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Tae-Kang KimDepartment of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1394-4134
Zorica JanjetovicDepartment of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6108-2212
Anna A BrożynaDepartment of Human Biology, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Torun, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3195-9965
Ewa PodgorskaDepartment of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1550-0871
Katie M DixonSchool of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia.
Rebecca S MasonSchool of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1534-9697
Robert C TuckeySchool of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5022-4729
Rahul SharmaDepartment of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0699-6940
David K CrossmanDepartment of Genetics and Bioinformatics, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0981-169X
Craig ElmetsDepartment of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Chander RamanDepartment of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Anton M JettenCell Biology Section, NIEHS-National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Arup K IndraDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6137-7555
Andrzej T SlominskiDepartment of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8963-3995

Funding

Nuclear receptors--Action, functions, &roles in diseaseZ01ES101586 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI JETTEN, ANTON M · 2003 to 2008
$3.2M
Mechanism of action and function of novel secosteroid 20(OH)D3 in the skinR01AR073004 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ANDRZEJ T SLOMINSKI · 2018 to 2026
$2.9M
Significance of metabolic activation of lumisterol in the skinR01AR071189 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI SLOMINSKI, ANDRZEJ T · 2017 to 2021
$1.6M
Canonical and non-canonical vitamin D activation pathways in systemic lupusR21AI149267 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI RAMAN, CHANDER, SLOMINSKI, ANDRZEJ T · 2020 to 2021
$408k
BLRD VA I01 BX004293DOD W81XWH2210689Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES101586NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI149267NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR071189NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR073004NIH HHS 1R01AR073004; R01AR071189; R21AI149267VA 1I01BX004293; 2I01BX004293
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanoma, originating through malignant transformation of melanin-producing melanocytes, is a formidable malignancy, characterized by local invasiveness, recurrence, early metastasis, resistance to therapy, and a high mortality rate. This review discusses etiologic and risk factors for melanoma, diagnostic and prognostic tools, including recent advances in molecular biology, omics, and bioinformatics, and provides an overview of its therapy. Since the incidence of melanoma is rising and mortality remains unacceptably high, we discuss its inherent properties, including melanogenesis, that make this disease resilient to treatment and propose to use AI to solve the above complex and multidimensional problems. We provide an overview on vitamin D and its anticancerogenic properties, and report recent advances in this field that can provide solutions for the prevention and/or therapy of melanoma. Experimental papers and clinicopathological studies on the role of vitamin D status and signaling pathways initiated by its active metabolites in melanoma prognosis and therapy are reviewed. We conclude that vitamin D signaling, defined by specific nuclear receptors and selective activation by specific vitamin D hydroxyderivatives, can provide a benefit for new or existing therapeutic approaches. We propose to target vitamin D signaling with the use of computational biology and AI tools to provide a solution to the melanoma problem.

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bioinformaticsmelanomamelanomagenesisnuclear receptorspreventiontherapytumor progressionvitamin D

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PMID38927967
PMCPMC11201527

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