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ReviewExpert reviews in molecular medicine2010

Molecular genesis of non-muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma (NMIUC).

Courtney Pollard, Steven C Smith, Dan Theodorescu

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Review in Expert reviews in molecular medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Courtney PollardDepartment of Molecular Physiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
Steven C Smith
Dan Theodorescu
University of Virginia · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007267 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI GARCIA-BLANCO, MARIANO A. · 1985 to 2024
$13.4M
Regulation and Targeting of CD24 in Bladder CancerR01CA075115 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI THEODORESCU, DAN · 2003 to 2024
$7.0M
MECHANISMS OF BLADDER CANCER INVANSIONR29CA075115 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI THEODORESCU, DAN · 1997 to 2001
$217k
The role of Src on RhoGDI2 function in bladder cancer metastasisF31CA142163 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI POLLARD, COURTNEY · 2009 to 2011
$83k
NCI NIH HHS CA075115NCI NIH HHS CA142163NCI NIH HHS F31 CA142163NCI NIH HHS R01 CA075115NCI NIH HHS R29 CA075115
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Urothelial carcinoma (UC) is the most common type of bladder cancer in Western nations. Most patients present with the non-muscle-invasive (NMIUC) form of the disease, while up to a third harbour the invasive form (MIUC). Specifically, the aetiology of NMIUC appears to be multifactorial and very different from that of MIUC. Loss of specific tumour suppressor genes as well as gain-of-function mutations in proteins within defined cellular signalling pathways have been implicated in NMIUC aetiology. The regions of chromosome 9 that harbour CDKN2A, CDKN2B, TSC1, PTCH1 and DBC1 are frequently mutated in NMIUC, resulting in functional loss; in addition, HRAS and FGFR3, which are both proto-oncogenes encoding components of the Ras-MAPK signalling pathway, have been found to harbour activating mutations in a large number of NMIUCs. Interestingly, some of these molecular events are mutually exclusive, suggesting functional equivalence. Since several of these driving changes are amenable to therapeutic targeting, understanding the signalling events in NMIUC may offer novel approaches to manage the recurrence and progression of this disease.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Transitional CellChromosomes, Human, Pair 9HumansMusclesNeoplasm InvasivenessProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3UrotheliumHRAS protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3

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PMID20334706
PMCPMC3025483
OpenAlexW2158276831

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