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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

PAX Family, Master Regulator in Cancer.

Erica Giacobbi, Maria Paola Scioli, Francesca Servadei, Valeria Palumbo, Rita Bonfiglio, Pierluigi Bove, Alessandro Mauriello, Manuel Scimeca

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Erica GiacobbiDepartment of Experimental Medicine, TOR, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2582-3527
Maria Paola ScioliDepartment of Experimental Medicine, TOR, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.
Francesca ServadeiDepartment of Experimental Medicine, TOR, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2619-9153
Valeria PalumboDepartment of Experimental Medicine, TOR, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.
Rita BonfiglioDepartment of Experimental Medicine, TOR, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.
Pierluigi BoveDepartment of Surgical Sciences, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4788-2982
Alessandro MaurielloDepartment of Experimental Medicine, TOR, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7351-5676
Manuel ScimecaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, TOR, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0585-1309

Funding

Italian Ministry of Health PNC-E3-2022-23683266
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PAX genes, known as master regulators, encode paired box (PAX) proteins that govern key processes in organ development and are widely expressed in normal tissues. Notably, PAX proteins also play a pivotal role in both promoting and suppressing tumorigenesis. They influence essential cellular functions such as survival, proliferation, fate determination, differentiation, invasion, metastasis, and the formation of oncogenic fusion proteins. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of these transcription factors. First, we provide a brief overview of their molecular structure, which underlies their classification into four subgroups. Then, we examine the expression patterns of each PAX gene across organ systems and explore their biological roles in the most relevant malignant neoplasms affecting human health. Additionally, we highlight their diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive significance in the context of cancer.

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cancercell deathEMTPAX familytherapy

Identifiers

PMID40506992
PMCPMC12155527

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