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ReviewBreast cancer research : BCR2011

NF-κB, stem cells and breast cancer: the links get stronger.

Kateryna Shostak, Alain Chariot

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Review in Breast cancer research : BCR, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
113citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

113 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 180 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. A Decrease in CD44 on Cell Surfaces (MKN-45 cell line) After RELA Knockout Using CRISPR/Cas9.International journal of molecular and cellular medicine · 2022
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53 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Kateryna ShostakInterdisciplinary Cluster for Applied Genoproteomics (GIGA-Research), Unit of Medical Chemistry and GIGA-Signal Transduction, University of Liege, CHU, Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
Alain Chariot
University of Liège · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-renewing breast cancer stem cells are key actors in perpetuating tumour existence and in treatment resistance and relapse. The molecular pathways required for their maintenance are starting to be elucidated. Among them is the transcription factor NF-κB, which is known to play critical roles in cell survival, inflammation and immunity. Recent studies indicate that mammary epithelial NF-κB regulates the self-renewal of breast cancer stem cells in a model of Her2-dependent tumourigenesis. We will describe here the NF-κB-activating pathways that are involved in this process and in which progenitor cells this transcription factor is actually activated.

Indexed as

AnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCell SurvivalEpithelial CellsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansMammary Neoplasms, ExperimentalMiceNeoplastic Stem CellsNF-kappa BSignal TransductionERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesNF-kappa B

Identifiers

PMID21867572
PMCPMC3236328
OpenAlexW2024893745

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