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ReviewAmerican journal of cancer research2023

Regulation of apoptosis by ubiquitination in liver cancer.

Yuxuan Li, Jie Zhu, Zongdong Yu, Fengguang Zhai, Hong Li, Xiaofeng Jin

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Review in American journal of cancer research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Antitumor effect of alcohol extract ofFrontiers in oncology · 2026
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  6. Ubiquitination in hepatocellular carcinoma immunity.Journal of translational medicine · 2025
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  11. Liver cancer wars: plant-derived polyphenols strike back.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuxuan LiDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center of LiHuiLi Hospital, Ningbo University Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
Jie ZhuDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center of LiHuiLi Hospital, Ningbo University Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
Zongdong YuDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center of LiHuiLi Hospital, Ningbo University Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
Fengguang ZhaiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Health Science Center, Ningbo University Ningbo 315211, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
Hong LiDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center of LiHuiLi Hospital, Ningbo University Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
Xiaofeng JinDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center of LiHuiLi Hospital, Ningbo University Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
Ningbo University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apoptosis is a programmed cell death process critical to cell development and tissue homeostasis in multicellular organisms. Defective apoptosis is a crucial step in the malignant transformation of cells, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), where the apoptosis rate is higher than in normal liver tissues. Ubiquitination, a post-translational modification process, plays a precise role in regulating the formation and function of different death-signaling complexes, including those involved in apoptosis. Aberrant expression of E3 ubiquitin ligases (E3s) in liver cancer (LC), such as cellular inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (cIAPs), X chromosome-linked IAP (XIAP), and linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC), can contribute to HCC development by promoting cell survival and inhibiting apoptosis. Therefore, the review introduces the main apoptosis pathways and the regulation of proteins in these pathways by E3s and deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs). It summarizes the abnormal expression of these regulators in HCC and their effects on cancer inhibition or promotion. Understanding the role of ubiquitination in apoptosis and LC can provide insights into potential targets for therapeutic intervention.

Indexed as

ApoptosisE3shepatocellular carcinomaubiquitin

Identifiers

PMID37970337
PMCPMC10636691
OpenAlexW4388737353

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