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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Recent Progress and Potential of G4 Ligands in Cancer Immunotherapy.

Jiahui Lin, Zhu Gong, Yingyue Lu, Jiongheng Cai, Junjie Zhang, Jiaheng Tan, Zhishu Huang, Shuobin Chen

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 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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6citing 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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jiahui LinSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Zhu GongSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Yingyue LuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Jiongheng CaiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Junjie ZhangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Jiaheng TanSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Zhishu HuangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6211-5482
Shuobin ChenSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.

Funding

National Nat-ural Science Foundation of China 22377153National Nat-ural Science Foundation of China 22377156Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong 2023A1515011917
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G-quadruplex (G4) structures are non-canonical nucleic acid conformations that play crucial roles in gene regulation, DNA replication, and telomere maintenance. Recent studies have highlighted G4 ligands as promising anticancer agents due to their ability to modulate oncogene expression and induce DNA damage. By stabilizing G4 structures, these ligands affect tumor progression. Additionally, they have been implicated in tumor immunity modulation, particularly through the activation and immunogenic cell death induction of the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)-stimulator of interferon genes (STING) signaling pathway. Moreover, their disruption of telomere maintenance and regulation of key oncogenes, such as

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G-QuadruplexesImmunotherapyNeoplasmsAnimalsHumansLigandsSignal TransductionLigandsanticancer agentcancer immunotherapyG-quadruplex

Identifiers

PMID40333779
PMCPMC12029830

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