Submited on: 10 Sep 2011 10:23:50 PM GMT
Published on: 12 Sep 2011 06:04:19 PM GMT
 

1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Partly
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? No
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? No
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? No
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    This is in response to the invitation for review from Lead faculty.

     

    It is an interesting manuscript that describes potential deficiencies caused by gamma-irradiation and electric field. To justify the conclusions, it is important to strengthen and fix figure1 and table1. In addition, it would be intriguing to see if the conditions are independent, or dependent (additional, synergistic, etc.).

     

    Here are some suggestions:

    - Figure 1--Is the label (G1/G0, S, and G2/M) in a proper position? The patterns in IR and IR+SEF look very similar. It will be helpful to have additional control (SEF).

    - Table 1--Need statistics to show significance.

    - The result section can be expanded to make it more informative.

  • Competing interests:
    no
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    have more than 30 publications in the field of aging, stress resistance (cellular and systemic), cell cycle, etc.

  • How to cite:  Murakami S .Cancer Cells Jointly Exposed To Gamma-radiation And Electric Field Develop S-phase Arrest [Review of the article 'Cancer Cells Jointly Exposed To Gamma-radiation And Electric Field Develop S-phase Arrest ' by Genofre G].WebmedCentral 2011;2(10):WMCRW001008
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? No
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests.

    Introduction also lacks the review of literature which is an essential part of this.As many such studies have been conducted in this regard, the author should search for related studies and incorporate in the introduction.

  • Competing interests:
    no
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    Yes
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    no

  • How to cite:  Esmaeilzadeh M .Cancer Cells Jointly Exposed To Gamma-radiation And Electric Field Develop S-phase Arrest [Review of the article 'Cancer Cells Jointly Exposed To Gamma-radiation And Electric Field Develop S-phase Arrest ' by Genofre G].WebmedCentral 2011;2(10):WMCRW00983
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? No
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? No
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

     

    I wolud suggest to improve the quality of Table 2, and to illustrate, in the discussion, the clinical potential of this approach, i.e. if this therapy may be safely used to threat human cancers, withouth incurring in toxic side effects

  • Competing interests:
    NO
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    NO

  • How to cite:  Iriti M .Cancer Cells Jointly Exposed To Gamma-radiation And Electric Field Develop S-phase Arrest [Review of the article 'Cancer Cells Jointly Exposed To Gamma-radiation And Electric Field Develop S-phase Arrest ' by Genofre G].WebmedCentral 2011;2(9):WMCRW00953
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? No
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? No
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    In their ms, Michelle Moron and coworkers reported an original application of ionizing radiation and static electric filed on T74D breast cancer cells. In particular, cells simulatneously exposed to both the agents experienced a S-phase arrest detected by flow cytometry.

     

    I suggest to improve the quality of table 2, and to introduce, in the discussion, a section on the clinical potential of this approach, i.e. if this therapy may be really and effectively used to threath some cancers in humans or if it shows, at present, some limitations (such as side-effects, toxicity...)

  • Competing interests:
    NO
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    NO

  • How to cite:  Iriti M .Cancer Cells Jointly Exposed To Gamma-radiation And Electric Field Develop S-phase Arrest[Review of the article 'Cancer Cells Jointly Exposed To Gamma-radiation And Electric Field Develop S-phase Arrest ' by Genofre G].WebmedCentral 2011;2(9):WMCRW00952
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