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ArticleTranslational gastrointestinal cancer2012

Mast cells, disease and gastrointestinal cancer: A comprehensive review of recent findings.

Kyle Hodges, Lindsey Kennedy, Fanyin Meng, Gianfranco Alpini, Heather Francis

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Article in Translational gastrointestinal cancer, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Mast Cells and Interleukins.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  9. Mast Cells as Important Regulators in Autoimmunity and Cancer Development.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
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  10. Mast Cell Biology at Molecular Level: a Comprehensive Review.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2020
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  12. Ursodeoxycholate inhibits mast cell activation and reverses biliary injury and fibrosis in Mdr2Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology · 2018
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  20. Lymphatic vascular invasion is an independent correlated factor for lymph node metastasis and the prognosis of resectable T2 gastric cancer patients.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kyle Hodges
Lindsey Kennedy
Fanyin Meng
Gianfranco Alpini
Heather Francis
Texas A&M Health Science Center · US

Funding

Role of Sensory Neuropeptides in the Regulation of Biliary FunctionR01DK076898 · NIDDK · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI ALPINI, GIANFRANCO D, GLASER, SHANNON STROUD · 2008 to 2016
$1.8M
TOWARD THE OPTIMAL TIMING OF INITIATION OF DIALYSISR01DK058411 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHERTOW, GLENN MATTHEW · 2001 to 2003
$1.8M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK058411NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK076898
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paul Ehrlich, a German scientist, discovered what is known as the mast cell in the late 1800's, which has proven to be an important player in the immune system of vertebrates. Mast cells are ubiquitous throughout the tissues of the human body and play numerous roles, both beneficial and destructive. We know they are important in our army of immunity warrior cells, which defend us against viruses, bacteria and parasitic invaders. They are also very well known for the havoc they wreak, causing uncomfortable symptoms due to their release of histamine and other mediators which cause the all too familiar itching, sneezing, urticaria and rhinorrhea of allergic responses. Mast cell activities are diverse and include painful inflammatory reactions in autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. In the gastrointestinal system, mast cells are implicated in diverse actions such as increased gastric acid secretion, polyp formation and uncomfortable conditions such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The role of immunology and mast cells in these areas is intriguing but less well understood than their role in allergic responses. Because mast cells have been implicated in both physiologic as well as pathogenic processes, they have been the subjects of avid study. Review of the current literature on mast cell biology reveals that there are many studies of their presence within the tumor microenvironment and evidence, which supports mast cell influence on tumor angiogenesis, tumor invasion, and immune suppression. The studies reviewed in this article concentrate largely on mast cells in human GI malignancies. This review also provides background information regarding mast cells, such as their origination, their location within the body, how they are activated and how they function as mediators.

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PMID22943044
PMCPMC3431027
OpenAlexW2115484172

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