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ReviewMedicinal research reviews2020

The role of FOXOs and autophagy in cancer and metastasis-Implications in therapeutic development.

Mohd Farhan, Marta Silva, Shuai Li, Fengxia Yan, Jiankang Fang, Tangming Peng, Jim Hu, Ming-Sound Tsao, Peter Little, Wenhua Zheng

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Review in Medicinal research reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Mohd FarhanFaculty of Health Sciences, Centre of Reproduction, Development and Aging, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, China.
Marta SilvaFaculty of Health Sciences, Centre of Reproduction, Development and Aging, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, China.
Shuai LiFaculty of Health Sciences, Centre of Reproduction, Development and Aging, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, China.
Fengxia YanDepartment of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Jiankang FangFaculty of Health Sciences, Centre of Reproduction, Development and Aging, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, China.
Tangming PengFaculty of Health Sciences, Centre of Reproduction, Development and Aging, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, China.
Jim HuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ming-Sound TsaoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Peter LittleSchool of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.
Wenhua ZhengFaculty of Health Sciences, Centre of Reproduction, Development and Aging, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9767-4295
University of Macau · MOUniversity of Toronto · CAJinan University · CNThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy is a highly conserved intracellular degradation process that plays a crucial role in cell survival and stress reactions as well as in cancer development and metastasis. Autophagy process involves several steps including sequestration, fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes and degradation. Forkhead box O (FOXO) transcription factors regulate the expression of genes involved in cellular metabolic activity and signaling pathways of cancer growth and metastasis. Recent evidence suggests that FOXO proteins are also involved in autophagy regulation. The relationship among FOXOs, autophagy, and cancer has been drawing attention of many who work in the field. This study summarizes the role of FOXO proteins and autophagy in cancer growth and metastasis and analyzes their potential roles in cancer disease management.

Indexed as

AutophagyNeoplasmsForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansLysosomesSignal TransductionForkhead Transcription FactorsautophagycancerFOXO proteinsmetastasis

Identifiers

PMID32474970
PMCPMC7586888
OpenAlexW3032370950

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Registered trials

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