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ReviewCells2025

Heat Shock Proteins in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Piotr Cierpikowski, Julia Bar

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Review in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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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

2 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

2 authors.

Piotr CierpikowskiDepartment of Maxillofacial Surgery, The Ludwik Rydygier Specialist Hospital, Osiedle Zlotej Jesieni 1, 31-826 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5738-7264
Julia BarDepartment of Immunopathology and Molecular Biology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3811-4834

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are produced in response to stressful conditions, such as temperature, inflammation, infection, or exposure to environmental factors. HSPs are overexpressed in some malignancies, where they modulate the tumor microenvironment and influence cancer cell behavior and survival. Clinical trials for breast, prostate, colon, and lung cancers exist, but not for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs). Nonetheless, clinical studies on HSPs in HNSCC are still lacking. We review the role of HSPs with regard to physiology and as potential targets for molecular therapy in HNSCC.

Indexed as

Head and Neck NeoplasmsHeat-Shock ProteinsSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckAnimalsHumansTumor MicroenvironmentHeat-Shock Proteinshead and neck cancerheat shock proteinsmolecular targeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID41369386
PMCPMC12691176

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