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ReviewGenes & cancer2015

Trop2 and its overexpression in cancers: regulation and clinical/therapeutic implications.

Anna Shvartsur, Benjamin Bonavida

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Review in Genes & cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 258 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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258citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

258 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 380 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Morphological and molecular characterization of epithelial ovarian cancer: SEOM-SEAP consensus guidelines for biomarker integration in clinical practice.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  5. TROP2 Expression in Salivary Gland Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC) According to Histologic Subtype: Therapeutic Implications.Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anna ShvartsurDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Benjamin BonavidaDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trop2 is a transmembrane glycoprotein encoded by the Tacstd2 gene. It is an intracellular calcium signal transducer that is differentially expressed in many cancers. It signals cells for self-renewal, proliferation, invasion, and survival. It has stem cell-like qualities. Trop2 is expressed in many normal tissues, though in contrast, it is overexpressed in many cancers and the overexpression of Trop2 is of prognostic significance. Several ligands have been proposed that interact with Trop2. Trop2 signals the cells via different pathways and it is transcriptionally regulated by a complex network of several transcription factors. Trop2 expression in cancer cells has been correlated with drug resistance. Several strategies target Trop2 on cancer cells that include antibodies, antibody fusion proteins, chemical inhibitors, nanoparticles, etc. The in vitro studies and pre-clinical studies, using these various therapeutic treatments, have resulted in significant inhibition of tumor cell growth both in vitro and in vivo in mice. A clinical study is underway using IMMU-132 (hrS7 linked to SN38) in patients with epithelial cancers. This review describes briefly the various characteristics of cancer cells overexpressing Trop2 and the potential application of Trop2 as both a prognostic biomarker and as a therapeutic target to reverse resistance.

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