ReviewCancer research2020
Iron and Cancer: 2020 Vision.
Review in Cancer research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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105 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 175 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Role of Iron Chelation Therapy in Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review on Its Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential.Cancer medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Value of CT Radiomics and Clinical Features in Predicting Bone Metastases in Patients with NSCLC.Contrast media & molecular imaging · 2022Trial
- PEDV envelope protein promotes viral replication by remodeling host iron homeostasis via the TRIM28-KLF15-FPN axis.Journal of virology · 2026Article
- Reframing Alzheimer's Disease Through a Redox-Metabolic Framework.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Exploring the Immunohistochemical Expression of Iron-Related Proteins in Non-Metastatic and Metastatic Feline Mammary Carcinomas.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Androgen Receptor-Induced Lactoferrin Accelerates Prostate Tumorigenesis Through Modulating Ferroptosis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- A hub for an herb: is STAT3 blockade at the epicenter of toosendanin-induced NCOA4-dependent ferritinophagy and ferroptosis in cancer cells?Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2026Article
- Intracellular Activation of Dual-Pharmacophore Artezomib Enhances Selective Cytotoxicity in Hematologic Malignancies.Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2026Article
- The role of iron in driving sex-biased differences in cancer.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2026Review
- Metabolism and Metabolic Reprogramming in Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- The Interplay Between Bone Biology and Iron Metabolism: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- LF3 exerts anti-osteosarcoma effects through Wnt signaling inhibition-coupled ferroptosis induction viaFrontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Iron: Regulation, redox homeostasis, and ferroptosis in cancer.Ferroptosis and oxidative stress · 2026Article
- Clinical and Pathophysiological Significance of Trace Elements in Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders and Oral Cancer: A 20-Year Narrative Review for Evidence-Based Public Health Intervention.International journal of dentistry · 2026Review
- Biomembrane-coated Nanoparticles Targeting circHIF1α Suppress Ovarian Cancer Metastasis and Cisplatin Resistance by Mediating System Xc⁻ Inactivation via SLC7A11/SLC3A2 to Induce Ferroptosis in Cancer Stem Cells.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Article
- Targeting Iron Regulatory Protein 2 in Tumor-associated Macrophages Activates Antitumor Immunity in NSCLC via Modulating SphK1-PD-L1 Axis.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Article
- Exploiting Oxidative Stress as Achilles' Heel: From Redox Homeostasis to Ferroptosis in Prostate Cancer.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Evaluation of anemia and iron status in Japanese patients with gynecological malignancy: retrospective cohort studyBMC women's health · 2025Article
- Beyond Iron: The Roles of CD71 in the Pathophysiology of Cancer-A Comprehensive Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
New and provocative insights into the relationships between iron and cancer have been uncovered in recent years. These include delineation of connections that link cellular iron to DNA repair, genomic integrity, and oncogenic signaling as well as the discovery of ferroptosis, a novel iron-dependent form of cell death. In parallel, new molecules and pathways that regulate iron influx, intracellular iron trafficking, and egress in normal cells, and their perturbations in cancer have been discovered. In addition, insights into the unique properties of iron handling in tumor-initiating cells (cancer stem cells), novel contributions of the tumor microenvironment to the uptake and regulation of iron in cancer cells, and new therapeutic modalities that leverage the iron dependence of cancer have emerged.
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