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ArticleDrug development research2008

Integrin alpha(v)beta(3)-Targeted Cancer Therapy.

Zhaofei Liu, Fan Wang, Xiaoyuan Chen

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Article in Drug development research, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 164 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
164citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

164 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 308 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  12. Advances in Proximity-Assisted Bioconjugation.Accounts of chemical research · 2025
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  16. Fibulin-7 and its bioactive fragments: emerging immunomodulatory roles in disease.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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104 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhaofei LiuDepartment of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Biophysics, and Bio-X Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
Fan Wang
Xiaoyuan Chen
Stanford University · USPeking University · CN

Funding

Small Animal ImagingP50CA114747 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI RAO, JIANGHONG · 2005 to 2014
$18.2M
Radiolabeled RGD Peptides for Breast Cancer Imaging and TherapyR01CA119053 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHENG, ZHEN · 2007 to 2010
$952k
Quantum Dots for NIR Fluorescence Imaging of Tumor AngiogenesisR21CA121842 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHENG, ZHEN · 2007 to 2009
$470k
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA114747NCI NIH HHS R01 CA119053NCI NIH HHS R21 CA121842
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anti-angiogenesis is a promising strategy for the treatment of cancer. Integrins, consisting of two noncovalently bound transmembrane alpha and beta subunits, are an important molecular family involved in tumor angiogenesis. The blockade of integrin signaling has been demonstrated to be efficient to inhibit tumor growth, angiogenesis, and metastasis. Among all the integrins, alpha(v)beta(3) seems to be the most important one during tumor angiogenesis. The inhibition of integrin alpha(v)beta(3) signaling with antibodies, peptides, peptidomimetics, and other antagonists has great potential in the treatment of cancer. In addition, integrin alpha(v)beta(3) is highly expressed on activated endothelial cells, new-born vessels as well as some tumor cells, but is not present in resting endothelial cells and most normal organ systems, making it a suitable target for anti-angiogenic therapy. In this article we will review the role of integrin alpha(v)beta(3) in angiogenesis, present recent progress in the use of integrin alpha(v)beta(3) antagonists and integrin-targeted delivery systems as potential cancer therapeutics, and discuss future perspectives.

Identifiers

PMID20628538
PMCPMC2901818
OpenAlexW2140859605

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