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ReviewCancers2024

Schlafens: Emerging Therapeutic Targets.

Ricardo E Perez, Frank Eckerdt, Leonidas C Platanias

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Review in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Generation of Schlafen 8-Specific Antibodies.Antibodies (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ricardo E PerezRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5912-3505
Frank EckerdtRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6853-850X
Leonidas C PlataniasRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.

Funding

Signal Transduction of Type I Interferons in Malignant CellsR01CA077816 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI PLATANIAS, LEONIDAS C. · 1998 to 2024
$6.6M
Targeting Novel Protein Complexes for the Treatment of Acute Myeloid LeukemiaR01CA121192 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI PLATANIAS, LEONIDAS C. · 2006 to 2023
$4.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA077816NCI NIH HHS R01 CA121192
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interferon (IFN) family of immunomodulatory cytokines has been a focus of cancer research for over 50 years with direct and indirect implications in cancer therapy due to their properties to inhibit malignant cell proliferation and modulate immune responses. Among the transcriptional targets of the IFNs is a family of genes referred to as Schlafens. The products of these genes, Schlafen proteins, exert important roles in modulating cellular proliferation, differentiation, immune responses, viral replication, and chemosensitivity of malignant cells. Studies have demonstrated that abnormal expression of various Schlafens contributes to the pathophysiology of various cancers. Schlafens are now emerging as promising biomarkers and potentially attractive targets for drug development in cancer research. Here, we highlight research suggesting the use of Schlafens as cancer biomarkers and the rationale for the development of specific drugs targeting Schlafen proteins.

Indexed as

cancerimmune therapyinterferon (IFN)Schlafen (SLFN)

Identifiers

PMID38791884
PMCPMC11119473

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