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ArticleCurrent colorectal cancer reports2012

Progastrin Peptides Increase the Risk of Developing Colonic Tumors: Impact on Colonic Stem Cells.

Pomila Singh, Shubhashish Sarkar, Carla Kantara, Carrie Maxwell

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Article in Current colorectal cancer reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pomila SinghDepartment of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UTMB, Galveston TX 77555.
Shubhashish Sarkar
Carla Kantara
Carrie Maxwell
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Role of Annexin-II in growth factor/co-carcinogenic effects of progastrinR01CA097959 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI SINGH, POMILA · 2003 to 2015
$3.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA097959
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pre-neoplastic lesions (ACF, aberrant-crypt-foci; Hp, hyperplastic/dysplastic polyps) are believed to be precursors of sporadic colorectal-tumors (Ad, adenomas; AdCA, adenocarcinomas). ACF/Hp likely originate due to abnormal growth of colonic-crypts in response to aberrant queues in the microenvironment of colonic-crypts. Thus identifying factors which regulate homeostatic vs aberrant proliferation/apoptosis of colonocytes, especially stem/progenitor cells, may lead to effective preventative/treatment strategies. Based on this philosophy, role of growth-factors/peptide-hormones, potentially available in the circulation/microenvironment of colonic-crypts is being examined extensively. Since the time gastrins were discovered as trophic (growth) factors for gastrointestinal-cells, the effect of gastrins on the growth of normal/cancer cells has been investigated, leading to many discoveries. Seminal discoveries made in the area of gastrins and colon-cancer, as it relates to molecular pathways associated with formation of colonic tumors will be reviewed, and possible impact on diagnostic/preventative/treatment strategies will be discussed.

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PMID23226720
PMCPMC3513366
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