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ArticleGut and liver2011

The Role of CD44 in the Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Therapy of Gastric Cancer.

Byung Ik Jang, Yuan Li, David Y Graham, Putao Cen

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Article in Gut and liver, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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.

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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. RETRACTED: CD44 expression denotes a subpopulation of gastric cancer cells in which Hedgehog signaling promotes chemotherapy resistance.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2014
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  9. RNA-binding proteinJournal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2023
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  11. Effects of growth factor deprivation on MKN-45 spheroid cells.Turkish journal of biology = Turk biyoloji dergisi · 2023
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  13. Increased CD44 Expression and MEK Activity Predict Worse Prognosis in Gastric Adenocarcinoma Patients Undergoing Gastrectomy.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Byung Ik JangDepartment of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Yuan Li
David Y Graham
Putao Cen
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center · USBaylor College of Medicine · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

Tissue Analysis & Molecular Imaging CoreP30DK056338 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Geoffrey A Preidis · 2001 to 2026
$28.3M
Obesity, H pylori and Risk of Barrett's EsophagusR01CA116845 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI EL-SERAG, HASHEM B · 2007 to 2011
$2.8M
Gene Expression in Barrett's EsophagusR21DK067366 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI EL-SERAG, HASHEM B · 2005 to 2006
$296k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA116845NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056338NIDDK NIH HHS R21 DK067366
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD44 is a transmembrane glycoprotein and surface receptor for hyaluronan that is involved in the response of cells to their microenvironment. CD44 splice variants play roles in carcinogenesis, differentiation, and lymph node metastasis and are predictive of the prognosis for various carcinomas, including gastric cancer. Current data suggest that gastric tissue stem cells and gastric cancer stem cells both express the splice variant, CD44v9. Overall, the data regarding the alterations that occur in CD44 and its splice variants in response to acute and chronic infection with Helicobacter pylori are scant and poorly elucidated in terms of possible changes in expression that occur in gastric cancer precursor lesions, such as chronic atrophic gastritis, pyloric metaplasia and intestinal metaplasia. In this study, we discuss the available data and suggest which new data would likely be useful in clinical practice. We also discuss the potential for CD44-targeted therapeutic strategies in gastric cancer. CD44 and its splice variants are positively associated with the initiation and progression of gastric cancer and may also play important roles in diagnosis, therapy and prognosis. CD44 research has been active but fragmented, and it may offer new therapeutic approaches to gastric cancer.

Indexed as

BiomarkersCD44ChemotherapyGastric cancerHelicobacter pylori

Identifiers

PMID22195236
PMCPMC3240781
OpenAlexW1988119076

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