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ArticleOncology letters2015

Ethanol induces upregulation of the nerve growth factor receptor CD271 in human melanoma cells via nuclear factor-κB activation.

Germana Rappa, Fabio Anzanello, Aurelio Lorico

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Article in Oncology letters, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Life Factors and Melanoma: From the Macroscopic State to the Molecular Mechanism.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
    Review
  2. Review
  3. Innate Immunity and Alcohol.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019
    Review
  4. Article
  5. SOX10-MITF pathway activity in melanoma cells.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2017
    Article
  6. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Germana RappaCancer Research Center, Roseman University College of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV 89135, USA.
Fabio AnzanelloCancer Research Center, Roseman University College of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV 89135, USA.
Aurelio LoricoCancer Research Center, Roseman University College of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV 89135, USA.
Roseman University of Health Sciences · USCancer Research Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol consumption is one of the most important, and potentially avoidable, risk factors of human cancer, accounting for 3.6% of all types of cancer worldwide. In a recent meta-analysis, a 20% increased risk of melanoma was linked with regular alcohol consumption. In the present study, the effect of ethanol exposure on the expression of the nerve growth factor receptor, CD271, in human FEMX-I melanoma cells was investigated. Consistent with the derivation of melanocytes from the neural crest, the majority of melanomas express CD271, a protein that is crucial for maintaining the melanoma stem cell properties, including the capacity of self-renewal and resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Analysis of CD271-sorted subpopulations and clones of FEMX-I cells indicated no hierarchical organization of CD271

Indexed as

CD271melanomanuclear factor-κB

Identifiers

PMID26622576
PMCPMC4509067
OpenAlexW1577299474

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