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ReviewJournal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia2002

MUC1 and the immunobiology of cancer.

Joyce Taylor-Papadimitriou, Joy M Burchell, Timothy Plunkett, Rosalind Graham, Isabel Correa, David Miles, Michael Smith

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Review in Journal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 153 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joyce Taylor-PapadimitriouBreast Cancer Biology Group, Cancer Research UK, Floor 3, Thomas Guy House, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom. papadimi@cancer.org.uk
Joy M Burchell
Timothy Plunkett
Rosalind Graham
Isabel Correa
David Miles
Michael Smith
Guy's Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The membrane epithelial mucin MUC1 is expressed at the luminal surface of most simple epithelial cells, but expression is greatly increased at lactation and in most breast carcinomas. The increase in level of expression of MUC1 in breast cancer is accompanied by changes in the profile of glycosyl transferases involved in the synthesis of the O-glycans attached to the MUC1 core protein. The cancer-associated mucin is therefore structurally different from the normal mucin, and expresses novel B cell epitopes. MUC1 antibodies are used for in vivo targeting of breast and ovarian tumors, and there is considerable interest in MUC1 as a possible target antigen for the immunotherapy of breast cancer. The different glycoforms can affect cell interactions differently, depending on whether specific interactions with lectins occur. In the absence of such lectin interactions, the long sialylated and negatively charged molecule can inhibit intercellular interactions between other cell surface molecules. The potential role of the different components of the immune system in MUC1 responses are discussed within the framework of how to develop logical strategies for designing clinical studies.

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AnimalsHumansMucin-1NeoplasmsMucin-1

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PMID12463741
OpenAlexW1515541637

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