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ArticleGastrointestinal cancer research : GCR2007

Liver stem cells and molecular signaling pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Krit Kitisin, Michael J Pishvaian, Lynt B Johnson, Lopa Mishra

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Article in Gastrointestinal cancer research : GCR, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Role of liver stem cells in hepatocarcinogenesis.World journal of stem cells · 2014
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  8. Isolation of CD133+ liver stem cells for clonal expansion.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2011
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Krit KitisinDepartment of Surgery;
Michael J Pishvaian
Lynt B Johnson
Lopa Mishra

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 (HCC) is one of the most lethal cancers. Surgical intervention is the only curative option, with only a small fraction of patients being eligible. Conventional chemotherapy and radiotherapy have not been effective in treating this disease, thus leaving patients with an extremely poor prognosis. In viral, alcoholic, and other chronic hepatitis, it has been shown that there is an activation of the progenitor/stem cell population, which has been found to reside in the canals of Hering. In fact, the degree of inflammation and the disease stage have been correlated with the degree of activation. Dysregulation of key regulatory signaling pathways such as transforming growth factor-beta/transforming growth factor-beta receptor (TGF-beta/TBR), insulin-like growth factor/IGF-1 receptor (IGF/IGF-1R), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF/MET), Wnt/beta-catenin/FZD, and transforming growth factor-alpha/epidermal growth factor receptor (TGF-alpha/EGFR) in this progenitor/stem cell population could give rise to HCC. Further understanding of these key signaling pathways and the molecular and genetic alterations associated with HCC could provide major advances in new therapeutic and diagnostic modalities.

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PMID19360142
PMCPMC2666844
OpenAlexW2198975939

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