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ArticleTheranostics2021

BCL-XL blockage in TNBC models confers vulnerability to inhibition of specific cell cycle regulators.

Olivier Castellanet, Fahmida Ahmad, Yaron Vinik, Gordon B Mills, Bianca Habermann, Jean-Paul Borg, Sima Lev, Fabienne Lamballe, Flavio Maina

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Article in Theranostics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 49 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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Olivier CastellanetAix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille (IBDM), Turing Center for Living Systems, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille (France).
Fahmida AhmadAix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille (IBDM), Turing Center for Living Systems, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille (France).
Yaron VinikWeizmann Institute of Science, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Rehovot (Israel).
Gordon B MillsKnight Cancer Institute, Portland, OR 97201, USA.
Bianca HabermannAix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille (IBDM), Turing Center for Living Systems, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille (France).
Jean-Paul BorgAix Marseille Univ, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Equipe labellisée Ligue 'Cell polarity, cell signaling and cancer', Inserm, CNRS, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille (France).
Sima LevWeizmann Institute of Science, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Rehovot (Israel).
Fabienne LamballeAix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille (IBDM), Turing Center for Living Systems, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille (France).
Flavio MainaAix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille (IBDM), Turing Center for Living Systems, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille (France).
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRInstitut de Biologie du Développement Marseille · FRWeizmann Institute of Science · ILOHSU Knight Cancer Institute

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell cycle regulators are frequently altered in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC). Emerging agents targeting these signals offer the possibility to design new combinatorial therapies. However, preclinical models that recapitulate TNBC primary resistance and heterogeneity are essential to evaluate the potency of these combined treatments.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisbcl-X ProteinCell CycleCell Cycle ProteinsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell SurvivalComputational BiologyCyclin-Dependent KinasesDatabases, GeneticDisease Models, AnimalDNA DamageFemaleGene ExpressionGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticBCL2L1 protein, humanbcl-X ProteinCell Cycle ProteinsCyclin-Dependent KinasesBCL-XLcancer mouse modelcell cycle regulatorsMETtriple-negative breast cancer

Identifiers

PMID34646365
PMCPMC8490507
OpenAlexW3198835038

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