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ReviewSeminars in cancer biology2009

Chemokine signaling in cancer: one hump or two?

Joshua B Rubin

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Review in Seminars in cancer biology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. CXCL12 restricts tumor growth by suppressing the Ras, ERK1/2, c-Myc, and the immune checkpoint PD-L1 pathways.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  3. Extramedullary hematopoiesis in cancer.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2024
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  4. CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) blockade in cancer treatment.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023
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  15. The unique structural and functional features of CXCL12.Cellular & molecular immunology · 2018
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joshua B RubinDepartment of Pediatrics/Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Campus Box 8208, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. rubin j@kids.wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

SIGNALING EVENTS IN STROMAL REGULATION OF BRAIN TUMOR GROWTHR01CA118389 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RUBIN, JOSHUA B · 2007 to 2011
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA118389NCI NIH HHS R01CA118389
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemokines and their receptors play essential roles in the development and function of multiple tissues. Chemokine expression, particularly CXCL12 and its receptor CXCR4, has prognostic significance in several cancers apparently due to chemokine mediated growth and metastatic spread. These observations provide the rationale for pursuing CXCR4 inhibition for cancer chemotherapy. However, the multiple homeostatic functions of CXCR4 may preclude global inhibition as a therapeutic strategy. Here I review CXCR4 signaling and how it might differ in normal and transformed cells with special emphasis on the role that altered CXCR4 counter-regulation might play in tumor biology. I propose that CXCR4 mediates unique signals in cancer cells as a consequence of abnormal counter-regulation and that this results in novel biological responses. The importance of testing this hypothesis lies in the possibility that targeting abnormal CXCR4 signaling might provide an anti-tumor effect without disturbing normal CXCR4 functions.

Indexed as

AnimalsChemokinesHumansNeoplasmsReceptors, ChemokineReceptors, CXCR4Signal TransductionChemokinesReceptors, ChemokineReceptors, CXCR4

Identifiers

PMID18992347
PMCPMC2694237
OpenAlexW2048688287

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