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ReviewFrontiers in genetics2020

Alpha-Enolase: Emerging Tumor-Associated Antigen, Cancer Biomarker, and Oncotherapeutic Target.

Frankis A Almaguel, Tino W Sanchez, Greisha L Ortiz-Hernandez, Carlos A Casiano

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Review in Frontiers in genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
63citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

63 citing papers in PubMed, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Bioinformatic Approach to Identify Positive PrognosticInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  13. The allergenic potential of enolases: physiological and pathophysiological insights.Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology · 2025
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  19. Osteoblast-Derived ECM1 Promotes Anti-Androgen Resistance in Bone Metastatic Prostate Cancer.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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3 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Frankis A AlmaguelCenter for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, United States.
Tino W SanchezCenter for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, United States.
Greisha L Ortiz-HernandezCenter for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, United States.
Carlos A CasianoCenter for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, United States.
Loma Linda University · US

Funding

NIH-LLU Initiative for Maximizing Student DiversityR25GM060507 · NIGMS · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI DE LEON, MARINO · 2001 to 2022
$11.3M
Research Training/Education CoreP20MD006988 · NIMHD · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI DE LEON, MARINO · 2012 to 2016
$6.2M
Glucocorticoid signaling, taxane resistance, and prostate cancer mortality disparityR21CA226654 · NCI · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI CASIANO, CARLOS A. · 2019 to 2020
$513k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA226654NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM060507NIMHD NIH HHS P20 MD006988
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alpha-enolase, also known as enolase-1 (ENO1), is a glycolytic enzyme that "moonlights" as a plasminogen receptor in the cell surface, particularly in tumors, contributing to cancer cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and metastasis. ENO1 also promotes other oncogenic events, including protein-protein interactions that regulate glycolysis, activation of signaling pathways, and resistance to chemotherapy. ENO1 overexpression has been established in a broad range of human cancers and is often associated with poor prognosis. This increased expression is usually accompanied by the generation of anti-ENO1 autoantibodies in some cancer patients, making this protein a tumor associated antigen. These autoantibodies are common in patients with cancer associated retinopathy, where they exert pathogenic effects, and may be triggered by immunodominant peptides within the ENO1 sequence or by posttranslational modifications. ENO1 overexpression in multiple cancer types, localization in the tumor cell surface, and demonstrated targetability make this protein a promising cancer biomarker and therapeutic target. This mini-review summarizes our current knowledge of ENO1 functions in cancer and its growing potential as a cancer biomarker and guide for the development of novel anti-tumor treatments.

Indexed as

alpha-enolaseautoantibodiescancer biomarkerENO1therapeutic target

Identifiers

PMID33584813
PMCPMC7876367
OpenAlexW3121632856

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