Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26501889›Full record

ReviewJournal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia2015

Proteoglycans: Potential Agents in Mammographic Density and the Associated Breast Cancer Risk.

Michael S Shawky, Carmela Ricciardelli, Megan Lord, John Whitelock, Vito Ferro, Kara Britt, Erik W Thompson

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Review in Journal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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.

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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Transcriptomic Profile of Canine Mammary Ductal Carcinoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  4. The matrix in cancer.Nature reviews. Cancer · 2021
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  6. Proteoglycans as Mediators of Cancer Tissue Mechanics.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020
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  9. Charting the unexplored extracellular matrix in cancer.International journal of experimental pathology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Michael S Shawky
Carmela Ricciardelli
Megan Lord
John Whitelock
Vito Ferro
Kara Britt
Erik W Thompson
UNSW Sydney · AUAlexandria University · EGPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre · AUQueensland University of Technology · AUThe University of Adelaide · AUThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although increased mammographic density (MD) has been well established as a marker for increased breast cancer (BC) risk, its pathobiology is far from understood. Altered proteoglycan (PG) composition may underpin the physical properties of MD, and may contribute to the associated increase in BC risk. Numerous studies have investigated PGs, which are a major stromal matrix component, in relation to MD and BC and reported results that are sometimes discordant. Our review summarises these results and highlights discrepancies between PG associations with BC and MD, thus serving as a guide for identifying PGs that warrant further research towards developing chemo-preventive or therapeutic agents targeting preinvasive or invasive breast lesions, respectively.

Indexed as

Breast DensityBreast NeoplasmsCell MembraneCytoplasmExtracellular MatrixFemaleHumansMammary Glands, HumanProteoglycansRisk FactorsProteoglycans

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PMID26501889
OpenAlexW1859294775

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