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ReviewCancer letters2021

Targeting the p53-MDM2 pathway for neuroblastoma therapy: Rays of hope.

Atif Zafar, Wei Wang, Gang Liu, Wa Xian, Frank McKeon, Jia Zhou, Ruiwen Zhang

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancer letters, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
68citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

68 citing papers in PubMed, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Role of the MDM2/p53 axis in regulating cisplatin response in tumor cells.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  6. Ubiquitin E3 Ligases and p53 in Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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8 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Atif ZafarDepartment of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA.
Wei WangDepartment of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA; Drug Discovery Institute, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA.
Gang LiuChemical Biology Program, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.
Wa XianDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA.
Frank McKeonDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA.
Jia ZhouChemical Biology Program, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.
Ruiwen ZhangDepartment of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA; Drug Discovery Institute, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA. Electronic address: rzhang27@central.uh.edu.
University of Houston · USThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USDiscovery Institute · US

Funding

Novel NFAT1-MDM2 inhibitor for Breast Cancer TherapyR01CA214019 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI ZHANG, RUIWEN · 2017 to 2021
$2.9M
Novel Small Molecule MDM2 Inhibitors for Pancreatic Cancer TherapyR01CA186662 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI ZHANG, RUIWEN · 2014 to 2018
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA186662NCI NIH HHS R01 CA214019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite being the subject of extensive research and clinical trials, neuroblastoma remains a major therapeutic challenge in pediatric oncology. The p53 protein is a central safeguard that protects cells against genome instability and malignant transformation. Mutated TP53 (the gene encoding p53) is implicated in many human cancers, but the majority of neuroblastomas have wild type p53 with intact transcriptional function. In fact, the TP53 mutation rate does not exceed 1-2% in neuroblastomas. However, overexpression of the murine double minute 2 (MDM2) gene in neuroblastoma is relatively common, and leads to inhibition of p53. It is also associated with other non-canonical p53-independent functions, including drug resistance and increased translation of MYCN and VEGF mRNA. The p53-MDM2 pathway in neuroblastoma is also modulated at several different molecular levels, including via interactions with other proteins (MYCN, p14

Indexed as

Molecular Targeted TherapyAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansNeuroblastomaProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2Tumor Suppressor Protein p53Antineoplastic AgentsMDM2 protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2TP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53InhibitorsMDM2Neuroblastomap53Targeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID33007410
PMCPMC8351219
OpenAlexW3089806275

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