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ArticleActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B2025

A small molecule cryptotanshinone induces non-enzymatic NQO1-dependent necrosis in cancer cells through the JNK1/2/Iron/PARP/calcium pathway.

Ying Hou, Bingling Zhong, Lin Zhao, Heng Wang, Yanyan Zhu, Xianzhe Wang, Haoyi Zheng, Jie Yu, Guokai Liu, Xin Wang and 2 more

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Article in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Cryptotanshinone differentially induces cell death inCancer drug resistance (Alhambra, Calif.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Ying HouState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China.
Bingling ZhongState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China.
Lin ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China.
Heng WangState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China.
Yanyan ZhuState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China.
Xianzhe WangState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China.
Haoyi ZhengState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China.
Jie YuState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China.
Guokai LiuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Xin WangFaculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, the University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
Jose M Martin-GarciaDepartment of Crystallography & Structural Biology, Institute of Physical Chemistry Blas Cabrera, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid 28006, Spain.
Xiuping ChenState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) is a flavoenzyme expressed at high levels in multiple solid tumors, making it an attractive target for anticancer drugs. Bioactivatable drugs targeting NQO1, such as

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CalciumCancerCryptotanshinoneFerroptosisIronNAD+ depletionNQO1Targeted therapy

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PMID40177544
PMCPMC11959885

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