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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2011

Homeostatic chemokine receptors and organ-specific metastasis.

Albert Zlotnik, Amanda M Burkhardt, Bernhard Homey

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02069080 (Imaging CXCR4 Expression in Subjects With Cancer Using 64 Cu-Plerixafor), which is not on this map. Cited by 304 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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304citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT02069080 early_phase1terminatednot on this mapstarted 2014, after this paper: background citation

Imaging CXCR4 Expression in Subjects With Cancer Using 64 Cu-Plerixafor

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)Ran2014 to 2018Enrolled2ConditionsCancerArms64-Cu-plerixafor
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

304 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 565 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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Albert ZlotnikDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA. azlotnik@uci.edu
Amanda M Burkhardt
Bernhard Homey
University of California, Irvine · USHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DE

Funding

Univ.of Calif., Irvine Cancer Center Support GrantP30CA062203 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Christine Hui · 1994 to 2026
$57.9M
Immunology Research Training ProgramT32AI060573 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI PEARLMAN, ERIC · 2005 to 2020
$1.9M
Functional Characterization of CXCL14, CXCL17, and CCL28; three mucosal chemokineR21AI083540 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI ZLOTNIK, ALBERT · 2009 to 2010
$406k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA062203NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI083540-01NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI60573
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been 10 years since the role of a chemokine receptor, CXCR4, in breast cancer metastasis was first documented. Since then, the field of chemokines and cancer has grown significantly, so it is timely to review the progress, analyse the studies to date and identify future challenges facing this field. Metastasis is the major factor that limits survival in most patients with cancer. Therefore, understanding the molecular mechanisms that control the metastatic behaviour of tumour cells is pivotal for treating cancer successfully. Substantial experimental and clinical evidence supports the conclusion that molecular mechanisms control organ-specific metastasis. One of the most important mechanisms operating in metastasis involves homeostatic chemokines and their receptors. Here, we review this field and propose a model of 'cellular highways' to explain the effects of homeostatic chemokines on cancer cells and how they influence metastasis.

Indexed as

Neoplasm MetastasisAntineoplastic AgentsChemokinesHomeostasisHumansNeoplasmsOrganogenesisReceptors, ChemokineAntineoplastic AgentsChemokinesReceptors, Chemokine

Identifiers

PMID21866172
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