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ReviewCell proliferation2002

The effects of keratinocyte growth factor in preclinical models of mucositis.

C L Farrell, K L Rex, J N Chen, J V Bready, C R DiPalma, S A Kaufman, A Rattan, S Scully, D L Lacey

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Review in Cell proliferation, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Systematic review of growth factors and cytokines for the management of oral mucositis in cancer patients and clinical practice guidelines.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
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  3. Systematic review of agents for the management of cancer treatment-related gastrointestinal mucositis and clinical practice guidelines.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019
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  4. Systematic review of cytokines and growth factors for the management of oral mucositis in cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2013
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  5. Growth factors and cytokines in the prevention and treatment of oral and gastrointestinal mucositis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2006
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  6. Randomized phase II study of palifermin for reducing dysphagia in patients receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced unresectable non-small cell lung cancer.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2012
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  20. Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis.Frontiers in oncology · 2017
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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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C L FarrellDepartment of pathology, Amgen, Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks CA 91320, USA. cfarrell@amgen.com
K L Rex
J N Chen
J V Bready
C R DiPalma
S A Kaufman
A Rattan
S Scully
D L Lacey
Amgen (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The epithelium of the oral cavity and small intestine of the gastrointestinal tract have a high rate of cell renewal and as such, are sensitive to cytotoxic therapies that kill rapidly dividing cells. Mucositis is a complication of cancer therapy where impairment of the regenerative capacity of the epithelium leads to atrophy, ulceration and a loss of barrier function. Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) is an epithelial cell-specific growth and differentiation factor that is trophic for the mucosal epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract. In this study, KGF in normal animals caused epithelial thickening in the squamous epithelium of the oral cavity and increased crypt depth and villus height of the small intestine. It also appeared to regulate gene expression in these tissues including that of some antioxidant enzymes and intestinal trefoil protein. KGF has been shown to be efficacious in several preclinical models of mucositis where KGF pretreatment reduced weight loss typically seen during and after the course of therapy and significantly improved survival. At a tissue level KGF reduced atrophy, accelerated regrowth, and decreased ulcer formation of the oral epithelium after irradiation, and improved crypt survival and prevented villus atrophy in the small intestine of irradiated or chemotherapy-treated mice. Preliminary studies suggest that its efficacy may be partly a consequence of the growth and differentiation effect, and also partly due to regulation of the expression of genes that play a role in mucosal protection. These data suggest that KGF may be useful for the prevention or treatment of mucositis in patients treated with regimens of cancer therapy that have gastrointestinal toxicity.

Indexed as

AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFibroblast Growth Factor 7Fibroblast Growth FactorsMouth MucosaRadiation Injuries, ExperimentalStomatitisFibroblast Growth Factor 7Fibroblast Growth Factors

Identifiers

PMID12139710
PMCPMC6495716
OpenAlexW2037542892

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