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ReviewExpert review of hematology2011

The bone marrow microenvironment and leukemia: biology and therapeutic targeting.

Edward Allan R Sison, Patrick Brown

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In one paragraph

Review in Expert review of hematology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
62citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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2 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Edward Allan R SisonDepartment of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Patrick Brown
Johns Hopkins University · USSidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

LAB RESEARCH TRAINING IN PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY-HEMATOLOGYT32CA060441 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ALAN D FRIEDMAN · 1993 to 2026
$14.9M
Developing FLT3-Targeted Therapy for Pediatric LeukemiaK23CA111728 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BROWN, PATRICK A · 2006 to 2010
$701k
NCI NIH HHS K23 CA111728NCI NIH HHS K23CA111728NCI NIH HHS T32 CA060441NCI NIH HHS T32CA060441
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple studies have demonstrated that interaction with the bone marrow stromal microenvironment contributes to the survival of leukemia cells. One explanation for this phenomenon is the interaction between the cell surface receptors CXCR4 and CXCL12. Through CXCL12/CXCR4-mediated chemotaxis, leukemia cells migrate to microscopic niches within the bone marrow, which leads to increased proliferation and survival. Several studies have suggested that increased CXCR4 expression may portend a poor prognosis in various types of leukemia, possibly due to increased protection of leukemia cells by bone marrow stroma. A potential therapeutic strategy to overcome this stromal-mediated survival advantage is to target CXCR4. Inhibition of CXCR4 may allow leukemia cells to be released from bone marrow niches that confer resistance to chemotherapy and negate the survival benefit imparted by bone marrow stroma.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalAntineoplastic AgentsBone MarrowChemokine CXCL12Clinical Trials as TopicDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHematopoiesisHumansLeukemiaPeptidesReceptors, CXCR4Antibodies, MonoclonalAntineoplastic AgentsChemokine CXCL12PeptidesReceptors, CXCR4

Identifiers

PMID21668393
PMCPMC3131221
OpenAlexW2160888447

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