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ArticleGastrointestinal cancer research : GCR2008

Liver stem cells and tgf-Beta in hepatic carcinogenesis.

Rupen Amin, Lopa Mishra

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Article in Gastrointestinal cancer research : GCR, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Comparative study of the effects of PEGylated interferon-α2a versus 5-fluorouracil on cancer stem cells in a rat model of hepatocellular carcinoma.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2016
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  10. Targeting cancer stem cells by using the nanoparticles.International journal of nanomedicine · 2015
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  14. Recent insights into hepatic cancer stem cells.Hepatology international · 2014
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  16. The Role of Snail in EMT and Tumorigenesis.Current cancer drug targets · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rupen AminCancer Genetics, Digestive Diseases, and Developmental Molecular Biology, Department of Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
Lopa Mishra
Georgetown University · US

Funding

METASTATIC POTENTIAL OF HUMAN COLORECTAL CARCINOMAR01CA042857 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI MISHRA, LOPA · 1986 to 2010
$3.2M
Gastrointestinal Cell Proliferation and Cell CycleR01CA106614 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI MISHRA, LOPA · 2005 to 2009
$1.5M
PRAJA-1: A NOVEL ANTI-APOPTOSIS RING FINGER PROTEINR01DK056111 · NIDDK · TEMPLE UNIVERSITY · PI MISHRA, LOPA · 1999 to 2003
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA042857NCI NIH HHS R01 CA106614NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK056111
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma is the fifth most common malignancy worldwide. Recent trends indicate a rising incidence in the United States, with a 5-year survival rate of less than 5%. New therapeutics targeting advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma, such as sorafenib, have marginally improved the median overall survival by 3 months. There is an urgent need for new targeted agents that are associated with minimal local and systemic toxicities. Up to 40% of hepatocellular carcinomas are clonal, potentially arising from stem cells and increased activation of multiple pathways including IL-6/STAT3, WNT, CDK4, and hedgehog, as well as loss of response to the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) signaling pathway. Our hypothesis has been that these "cancer stem cells" or cancer sustaining cells may prove to be strong genetic and therapeutic targets. Modulating stem cell renewal factors such as STAT3, NANOG, and OCT4 may reduce hepatocellular carcinoma formation. These points are discussed in detail in this review.

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PMID19343145
PMCPMC2661545
OpenAlexW170574140

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