Evidence map›Paper›PMID 17028925›Full record

ArticleClinical & experimental metastasis2006

The inhibition of lung colonization of B16-F10 melanoma cells in EFA-deficient animals is related to enhanced apoptosis and reduced angiogenesis.

Antonella Mannini, Anna Calzolari, Lido Calorini, Gabriele Mugnai, Salvatore Ruggieri

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Clinical & experimental metastasis, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Antonella ManniniDepartment of Experimental Pathology and Oncology, University of the Studies of Florence, 50 Viale G.B. Morgagni, 50134, Florence, Italy.
Anna Calzolari
Lido Calorini
Gabriele Mugnai
Salvatore Ruggieri
University of Florence · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies conducted in our laboratory showed that the reproduction of spontaneous and experimental metastases was reduced in host animals deprived of essential fatty acids (EFA). In the present study, we have explored the possibility whether apoptosis, proliferation, and angiogenesis might be involved in the antimetastatic effect of EFA deficiency. To this aim, in pulmonary colonies developed from B16-F10 cells in EFA-deficient animals or in animals fed a 5% corn oil diet, we performed an immunohistochemical analysis of bcl-2/bax proteins, PCNA, and VEGF and von Willebrand Factor (vWF), typical markers of apoptosis, proliferation, and angiogenesis, respectively. Apoptosis was also evaluated by detecting DNA fragments in metastatic cells. We found that the reduction of pulmonary colonies grown in EFA-deficient animals was associated with a high expression of apoptotic activity as revealed by the presence of apoptotic nuclei and a high immunoreactivity for bax. Cell proliferation seemed not to be influenced by EFA deficiency in view of the observation that PCNA was highly expressed in pulmonary colonies of control as well as EFA-deficient animals. Pulmonary colonies developed in EFA- deficient animals showed a lower expression of VEGF and a decreased microvessel density, indicating that a reduced angiogenesis contributes to the antimetastatic effects of EFA deficiency. Our analysis of the results invokes the possibility that a relationship between angiogenesis and apoptosis may account for the diminution of the development of experimental metastases in the lungs of EFA-deficient animals.

Indexed as

ApoptosisNeovascularization, PathologicAnimalsCell ProliferationFatty Acids, EssentialFemaleLung NeoplasmsMelanoma, ExperimentalMiceTumor Cells, CulturedFatty Acids, Essential

Identifiers

PMID17028925
OpenAlexW2074944966

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.