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ReviewBritish journal of cancer2021

Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in cutaneous melanoma.

Prakrit R Kumar, Jamie A Moore, Kristian M Bowles, Stuart A Rushworth, Marc D Moncrieff

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Review in British journal of cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
61citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

61 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Melanoma resists chemotherapy through an adaptive mitochondrial response.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026
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  20. Mitochondrial bioenergetics and networks in melanoma: an update.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2025
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Prakrit R KumarBob Champion Research and Education Building, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Jamie A MooreBob Champion Research and Education Building, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Kristian M BowlesBob Champion Research and Education Building, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Stuart A RushworthBob Champion Research and Education Building, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. S.Rushworth@uea.ac.uk.
Marc D MoncrieffBob Champion Research and Education Building, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. marc.moncrieff@nnuh.nhs.uk.
University of East Anglia · GBNorfolk and Norwich University Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Warburg effect in tumour cells is associated with the upregulation of glycolysis to generate ATP, even under normoxic conditions and the presence of fully functioning mitochondria. However, scientific advances made over the past 15 years have reformed this perspective, demonstrating the importance of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) as well as glycolysis in malignant cells. The metabolic phenotypes in melanoma display heterogeneic dynamism (metabolic plasticity) between glycolysis and OXPHOS, conferring a survival advantage to adapt to harsh conditions and pathways of chemoresistance. Furthermore, the simultaneous upregulation of both OXPHOS and glycolysis (metabolic symbiosis) has been shown to be vital for melanoma progression. The tumour microenvironment (TME) has an essential supporting role in promoting progression, invasion and metastasis of melanoma. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) in the TME show a symbiotic relationship with melanoma, protecting tumour cells from apoptosis and conferring chemoresistance. With the significant role of OXPHOS in metabolic plasticity and symbiosis, our review outlines how mitochondrial transfer from MSCs to melanoma tumour cells plays a key role in melanoma progression and is the mechanism by which melanoma cells regain OXPHOS capacity even in the presence of mitochondrial mutations. The studies outlined in this review indicate that targeting mitochondrial trafficking is a potential novel therapeutic approach for this highly refractory disease.

Indexed as

Oxidative PhosphorylationAnimalsCutaneous Malignant MelanomaHumansMelanomaMitochondriaSkin NeoplasmsTumor Microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID33204029
PMCPMC7782830
OpenAlexW3103502991

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