Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24240682›Full record

ReviewOncogene2014

MicroRNAs and cancer stem cells: the sword and the shield.

X Sun, X Jiao, T G Pestell, C Fan, S Qin, E Mirabelli, H Ren, R G Pestell

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Review in Oncogene, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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85citing papers in PubMed
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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

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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

85 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Distinct miRNA expression patterns in circulating eosinophil subtypes and their subtype-derived exosomes in allergic asthma.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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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

8 authors.

X Sun1] Oncology Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China [2] Departments of Cancer Biology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
X JiaoDepartments of Cancer Biology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
T G PestellDepartment of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
C FanCardiovascular Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
S Qin1] Oncology Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China [2] New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
E MirabelliDepartments of Cancer Biology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
H RenOncology Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
R G PestellDepartments of Cancer Biology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Funding

Initiation and Maintenance In Mammary TumorigenesisR01CA075503 · NCI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI PESTELL, RICHARD G · 1998 to 2011
$4.6M
CYCLIN D1 FUNCTION IN PROSTATE CANCERR01CA086072 · NCI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI PESTELL, RICHARD G · 2001 to 2013
$3.3M
REGULATION OF CYCLIN D1 EXPRESSIONR01CA070896 · NCI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI PESTELL, RICHARD G · 2000 to 2010
$3.2M
DACH1/Eya Cell fate determination factor and mammary tumorigenesisR01CA132115 · NCI · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI PESTELL, RICHARD G · 2009 to 2018
$3.1M
Impact of Cyclin D1 Isoforms in Breast CancerR01CA137494 · NCI · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI KNUDSEN, ERIK, PESTELL, RICHARD G · 2010 to 2014
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01CA132115NCI NIH HHS R01CA137494NCI NIH HHS R01CA70896NCI NIH HHS R01CA75503NCI NIH HHS R01CA86072
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging chemotherapy drugs and targeted therapies have been widely applied in anticancer treatment and have given oncologists a promising future. Nevertheless, regeneration and recurrence are still huge obstacles on the way to cure cancer. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are capable of self-renewal, tumor initiation, recurrence, metastasis, therapy resistance, and reside as a subset in many, if not all, cancers. Therefore, therapeutics specifically targeting and killing CSCs are being identified, and may be promising and effective strategies to eliminate cancer. MicroRNAs (miRNAs, miRs), small noncoding RNAs regulating gene expression in a post-transcriptional manner, are dysregulated in most malignancies and are identified as important regulators of CSCs. However, limited knowledge exists for biological and molecular mechanism by which miRNAs regulate CSCs. In this article, we review CSCs, miRNAs and the interactions between miRNA regulation and CSCs, with a specific focus on the molecular mechanisms and clinical applications. This review will help us to know in detail how CSCs are regulated by miRNAs networks and also help to develop more effective and secure miRNA-based clinical therapies.

Indexed as

AnimalsCarcinogenesisDrug Resistance, NeoplasmEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMicroRNAsMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasmsNeoplastic Stem CellsRNA InterferenceMicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID24240682

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