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ReviewCancer science2019

The Sprouty/Spred family as tumor suppressors: Coming of age.

Tetsuro Kawazoe, Koji Taniguchi

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancer science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Intact lymph node homing and CD8Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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  2. Sprouty in Tumors of the Nervous System.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  3. Poricoic Acid A attenuated TGF-β1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in renal tubular epithelial cells through SPRY2/ERK signaling pathway.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2025
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  13. Ultraviolet Radiation Biological and Medical Implications.Current issues in molecular biology · 2024
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  16. Role of SPRY4 in health and disease.Frontiers in oncology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tetsuro KawazoeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5351-5089
Koji TaniguchiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8091-6005
Keio University · JPKyushu University · JP

Funding

Asahi Glass FoundationAstellas Foundation for Research on Metabolic DisordersBristol-Myers SquibbDaiichi Sankyo Foundation of Life ScienceFoundation for Promotion of Cancer ResearchIchiro Kanehara Foundation for the Promotion of Medical Sciences and Medical CareJapan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP18gm6210008Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP19gm6210008Japan Cancer SocietyJapanese Foundation for Multidisciplinary Treatment of CancerJapan Medical AssociationJapan Society for the Promotion of Science JP15K21775JSR-Keio University Medical and Chemical Innovation Center (JKiC)"Kibou Projects" Startup Support for Young Researchers in ImmunologyKobayashi Foundation for Cancer ResearchLife Science Foundation of JapanMochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical ResearchMSD Life Science FoundationNOVARTIS Foundation (Japan) for the Promotion of ScienceOkinaka Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchPancreas Research Foundation of JapanPrincess Takamatsu Cancer Research FundSENSHIN Medical Research FoundationSGH FoundationSuzuken Memorial FoundationTakeda Science FoundationTerumo Foundation for Life Sciences and ArtsTokyo Biomedical Research FoundationToray Science FoundationVehicle Racing Commemorative FoundationWaksman Foundation of Japan Inc.Yakult-Bioscience FoundationYasuda Medical Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Ras/Raf/ERK pathway is one of the most frequently dysregulated signaling pathways in various cancers. In some such cancers, Ras and Raf are hotspots for mutations, which cause continuous activation of this pathway. However, in some other cancers, it is known that negative regulators of the Ras/Raf/ERK pathway are responsible for uncontrolled activation. The Sprouty/Spred family is broadly recognized as important negative regulators of the Ras/Raf/ERK pathway, and its expression is downregulated in many malignancies, leading to hyperactivation of the Ras/Raf/ERK pathway. After the discovery of this family, intensive research investigated the mechanism by which it suppresses the Ras/Raf/ERK pathway and its roles in developmental and pathophysiological processes. In this review, we discuss the complicated roles of the Sprouty/Spred family in tumor initiation, promotion, and progression and its future therapeutic potential.

Indexed as

Disease ProgressionGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMembrane ProteinsMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMultigene FamilyNeoplasmsras ProteinsMembrane ProteinsMitogen-Activated Protein Kinasesras ProteinscanceroncogeneRas/Raf/ERKSprouty/Spredtumor suppressor

Identifiers

PMID30874331
PMCPMC6501019
OpenAlexW2921818100

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