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ReviewExploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy2025

Exploring recent advances in signaling pathways and hallmarks of uveal melanoma: a comprehensive review.

Majid Banimohammad, Parsa Khalafi, Danial Gholamin, Zahra Bangaleh, Nahid Akhtar, Abhishikt David Solomon, Pranav Kumar Prabhakar, Samira Sanami, Ajit Prakash, Hamidreza Pazoki-Toroudi

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Review in Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Majid BanimohammadPhysiology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8310-3635
Parsa KhalafiPhysiology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1975-9855
Danial GholaminPhysiology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3567-6054
Zahra BangalehDepartment of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1417613151, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9221-3964
Nahid AkhtarSchool of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8286-3736
Abhishikt David SolomonAdams School of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Biomedicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1307-9840
Pranav Kumar PrabhakarSchool of Allied Medical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8130-1822
Samira SanamiAbnormal Uterine Bleeding Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan 3514799442, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1050-7880
Ajit PrakashDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7628-0457
Hamidreza Pazoki-ToroudiPhysiology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7868-456X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this review was to provide a comprehensive review of the latest insights on the pathogenesis of uveal melanoma (UM) and its intracellular pathways. This article covers the epidemiology of UM, racial predispositions, cytogenetic and chromosomal alterations, gene mutations, key defective pathways, and their underlying mechanisms, as well as the application of hallmarks of cancer to UM. A key knowledge gap remains in identifying the most effective targeted therapy and determining the central pathway linking multiple signaling networks. UM is a malignant tumor arising from uveal melanocytes, predominantly affecting the choroid, with both genetic and epigenetic contributors. Key cytogenetic alterations include monosomy 3, chromosome 6p gain, chromosome 1p loss, and chromosome 8q gain. The most important UM-related signaling pathways are RAS/MAPK, PI3K/Akt/mTOR, Hippo-YAP, retinoblastoma (Rb), and p53 pathways. In the RAS/MAPK pathway,

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Akt pathwayhallmarks of cancerHippo pathwayp53 pathwayrat sarcoma virus (RAS) pathwayretinoblastoma (Rb) pathwayUveal melanoma

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