Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36650218›Full record

ReviewOncogene2023

Breast cancer and neurotransmitters: emerging insights on mechanisms and therapeutic directions.

Priya Jayachandran, Francesca Battaglin, Carly Strelez, Annika Lenz, Sandra Algaze, Shivani Soni, Jae Ho Lo, Yan Yang, Joshua Millstein, Wu Zhang and 7 more

Open access · hybridAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Oncogene, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
11.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 51 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

17 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Priya JayachandranDivision of Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Francesca BattaglinDivision of Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Carly StrelezLawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Annika LenzDivision of Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Sandra AlgazeDivision of Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Shivani SoniDivision of Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Jae Ho LoDivision of Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Yan YangDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7883-0798
Joshua MillsteinDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Wu ZhangDivision of Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Jean C ShihAlfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Janice LuDivision of Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Shannon M MumenthalerDivision of Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Darcy SpicerDivision of Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Josh NemanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Evanthia T Roussos TorresDivision of Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US.
Heinz-Josef LenzDivision of Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US. lenz@med.usc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2178-9568
University of Southern California · USLarry Ellison Foundation · US

Funding

USC/NORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER (CORE) SUPPORTP30CA014089 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CARYN LERMAN · 1985 to 2026
$181.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014089
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exploring the relationship between various neurotransmitters and breast cancer cell growth has revealed their likely centrality to improving breast cancer treatment. Neurotransmitters play a key role in breast cancer biology through their effects on the cell cycle, epithelial mesenchymal transition, angiogenesis, inflammation, the tumor microenvironment and other pathways. Neurotransmitters and their receptors are vital to the initiation, progression and drug resistance of cancer and progress in our biological understanding may point the way to lower-cost and lower-risk antitumor therapeutic strategies. This review discusses multiple neurotransmitters in the context of breast cancer. It also discusses risk factors, repurposing of pharmaceuticals impacting neurotransmitter pathways, and the opportunity for better integrated models that encompass exercise, the intestinal microbiome, and other non-pharmacologic considerations. Neurotransmitters' role in breast cancer should no longer be ignored; it may appear to complicate the molecular picture but the ubiquity of neurotransmitters and their wide-ranging impacts provide an organizing framework upon which further understanding and progress against breast cancer can be based.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFemaleHumansNeurotransmitter AgentsTumor MicroenvironmentNeurotransmitter Agents

Identifiers

PMID36650218
PMCPMC9957733
OpenAlexW4317358738

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