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ArticleCurrent genomics2014

Epigenetic effects of cadmium in cancer: focus on melanoma.

Mario Venza, Maria Visalli, Carmelo Biondo, Rosaria Oteri, Federica Agliano, Silvia Morabito, Gerardo Caruso, Maria Caffo, Diana Teti, Isabella Venza

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Article in Current genomics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exposure to Trace Elements and Risk of Skin Cancer: A Systematic Review of Epidemiologic Studies.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2019
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  6. Overview of Cadmium Thyroid Disrupting Effects and Mechanisms.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018
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  7. Adsorption Properties and Mechanism of CdFrontiers in chemistry · 2018
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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

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mario VenzaDepartment of Experimental Specialistic Medical, Surgical and Odontostomatology Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Maria VisalliDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Carmelo BiondoDepartment of Pediatric, Gynecological, Microbiological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Rosaria OteriDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Federica AglianoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Silvia MorabitoDepartment of Experimental Specialistic Medical, Surgical and Odontostomatology Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Gerardo CarusoDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Maria CaffoDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Diana TetiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Isabella VenzaDepartment of Experimental Specialistic Medical, Surgical and Odontostomatology Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
University of Messina · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cadmium is a highly toxic heavy metal, which has a destroying impact on organs. Exposure to cadmium causes severe health problems to human beings due to its ubiquitous environmental presence and features of the pathologies associated with pro-longed exposure. Cadmium is a well-established carcinogen, although the underlying mechanisms have not been fully under-stood yet. Recently, there has been considerable interest in the impact of this environmental pollutant on the epigenome. Be-cause of the role of epigenetic alterations in regulating gene expression, there is a potential for the integration of cadmium-induced epigenetic alterations as critical elements in the cancer risk assessment process. Here, after a brief review of the ma-jor diseases related to cadmium exposure, we focus our interest on the carcinogenic potential of this heavy metal. Among the several proposed pathogenetic mechanisms, particular attention is given to epigenetic alterations, including changes in DNA methylation, histone modifications and non-coding RNA expression. We review evidence for a link between cadmium-induced epigenetic changes and cell transformation, with special emphasis on melanoma. DNA methylation, with reduced expression of key genes that regulate cell proliferation and apoptosis, has emerged as a possible cadmium-induced epigenetic mechanism in melanoma. A wider comprehension of mechanisms related to this common environmental contaminant would allow a better cancer risk evaluation.

Indexed as

CadmiumCancerDNA methylationEpigeneticsHistone modificationsMelanomaNon-coding RNAs.

Identifiers

PMID25646071
PMCPMC4311387
OpenAlexW1969533052

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