Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16824016›Full record

ReviewAnnual review of cell and developmental biology2006

Of extracellular matrix, scaffolds, and signaling: tissue architecture regulates development, homeostasis, and cancer.

Celeste M Nelson, Mina J Bissell

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Review in Annual review of cell and developmental biology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 529 papers.

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529citing 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

529 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Nascent Extracellular Matrix Converts Biomaterial Cues into Cell Fate Decisions.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  14. Invasin-functionalized PIC hydrogels enable long-term 3D culture of epithelial organoids.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  16. Goodbye flat lymphoma biology.FEBS letters · 2025
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  20. Dynamics of inflammatory signals within the tumor microenvironment.World journal of experimental medicine · 2025
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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

2 authors.

Celeste M NelsonLife Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. cmnelson@lbl.gov
Mina J Bissell

Funding

Role of Metalloproteinases in Mammary Gland RemodelingR01CA057621 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI WERB, ZENA · 1993 to 2017
$9.0M
Definition of the Microenvironment in Breast CancerR01CA064786 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI BISSELL, MINA · 1995 to 2020
$6.1M
Definition of Microenvironment in Breast CancerR37CA064786 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI BISSELL, MINA · 2009 to 2013
$2.0M
NCI NIH HHS CA57621NCI NIH HHS CA64786NCI NIH HHS R01 CA057621NCI NIH HHS R01 CA064786NCI NIH HHS R37 CA064786
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The microenvironment influences gene expression so that the behavior of a cell is largely determined by its interactions with the extracellular matrix, neighboring cells, and soluble local and systemic cues. We describe the essential roles of context and organ structure in directing mammary gland development and differentiated function and in determining the response to oncogenic insults, including mutations. We expand on the concept of "dynamic reciprocity" to present an integrated view of development, cancer, and aging and posit that genes are like the keys on a piano: Although they are essential, it is the context that makes the music.

Indexed as

HomeostasisSignal TransductionBreast NeoplasmsExtracellular MatrixHumansMammary Glands, HumanOrgan Specificity

Identifiers

PMID16824016
PMCPMC2933192

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