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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Glutathione Peroxidases: An Emerging and Promising Therapeutic Target for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment.

Paula Iglesias-Matesanz, Carlos Lacalle-Gonzalez, Carlos Lopez-Blazquez, Michael Ochieng' Otieno, Jesus Garcia-Foncillas, Javier Martinez-Useros

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Review in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

  1. Pooled it
  2. Ellagic Acid Enhances RSL3-Induced Ferroptosis by Inhibiting the Nrf2/HO-1 Signaling Pathway in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  5. Ferroptosis-induced immune modulation: a new frontier in glioblastoma therapy.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Paula Iglesias-MatesanzGenomics and Therapeutics in Prostate Cancer Group, I+12 Biomedical Research Institute, 28041 Madrid, Spain.
Carlos Lacalle-GonzalezSTART Madrid-FJD, Hospital Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Carlos Lopez-BlazquezTranslational Oncology Division, OncoHealth Institute, Health Research Institute Fundación Jimenez Diaz, Fundación Jimenez Díaz University Hospital, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (IIS-FJD, UAM), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Michael Ochieng' OtienoTranslational Oncology Division, OncoHealth Institute, Health Research Institute Fundación Jimenez Diaz, Fundación Jimenez Díaz University Hospital, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (IIS-FJD, UAM), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Jesus Garcia-FoncillasTranslational Oncology Division, OncoHealth Institute, Health Research Institute Fundación Jimenez Diaz, Fundación Jimenez Díaz University Hospital, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (IIS-FJD, UAM), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Javier Martinez-UserosTranslational Oncology Division, OncoHealth Institute, Health Research Institute Fundación Jimenez Diaz, Fundación Jimenez Díaz University Hospital, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (IIS-FJD, UAM), 28040 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9007-828X

Funding

European Council ALADDIN - "Accelerated Discovery Nanobody Platform" (PIC235-23) from HORIZON EUROPE - EIC - European Innovation CouncilSpanish Pancreatic Cancer Association "5th Beca Carmen Delgado/Miguel Pé-rez-Mateo-AESPANC-ACANPAN" (ref: 25791/001)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glutathione peroxidases (GPxs) are a family of enzymes that play a critical role in cellular redox homeostasis through the reduction of lipid hydroperoxides to alcohols, using glutathione as a substrate. Among them, GPx4 is particularly of interest in the regulation of ferroptosis, a form of iron-dependent programmed cell death driven by the accumulation of lipid peroxides in the endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, and plasma membrane. Ferroptosis has emerged as a crucial pathway in the context of cancer, particularly pancreatic cancer, which is notoriously resistant to conventional therapies. GPx4 acts as a key inhibitor of ferroptosis by detoxifying lipid peroxides, thereby preventing cell death. However, this protective mechanism also enables cancer cells to survive under oxidative stress, which makes GPx4 a potential druggable target in cancer therapy. The inhibition of GPx4 can trigger ferroptosis selectively in cancer cells, especially in those that rely heavily on this pathway for survival, such as pancreatic cancer cells. Consequently, targeting GPx4 and other GPX family members offers a promising therapeutic strategy to sensitize pancreatic cancer cells to ferroptosis, potentially overcoming resistance to current treatments and improving patient outcomes. Current research is focusing on the development of small-molecule inhibitors of GPx4 as potential candidates for pancreatic cancer treatment.

Indexed as

drug resistanceferroptosisglutathione peroxidasesGPx4pancreatic cancer

Identifiers

PMID39594547
PMCPMC11591168

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