Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26811628›Full record

ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2016

Targeting Wnt/β-catenin pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma treatment.

Valery Vilchez, Lilia Turcios, Francesc Marti, Roberto Gedaly

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Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 177 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
177citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
16.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

177 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 321 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Valery VilchezValery Vilchez, Lilia Turcios, Francesc Marti, Roberto Gedaly, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0284, United States.
Lilia TurciosValery Vilchez, Lilia Turcios, Francesc Marti, Roberto Gedaly, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0284, United States.
Francesc MartiValery Vilchez, Lilia Turcios, Francesc Marti, Roberto Gedaly, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0284, United States.
Roberto GedalyValery Vilchez, Lilia Turcios, Francesc Marti, Roberto Gedaly, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0284, United States.
University of Kentucky · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common causes of cancer-related death worldwide. Liver cancer is generally related to hepatitis B or C infection and cirrhosis. Usually, patients with HCC are asymptomatic and are diagnosed at late stages when surgical treatment is no longer suitable. Limited treatment options for patients with advanced HCC are a major concern. Therefore, there is an urge for finding novel therapies to treat HCC. Liver cancer is highly heterogeneous and involved deregulation of several signaling pathways. Wnt/β-catenin pathway is frequently upregulated in HCC and it is implicated in maintenance of tumor initiating cells, drug resistance, tumor progression, and metastasis. A great effort in developing selective drugs to target components of the β-catenin pathway with anticancer activity is underway but only a few of them have reached phase I clinical trials. We aim to review the role of β-catenin pathway on hepatocarcinogenesis and liver cancer stem cell maintenance. We also evaluated the use of small molecules targeting the Wnt/β-catenin pathway with potential application for treatment of HCC.

Indexed as

Molecular Targeted TherapyAnimalsAntineoplastic Agentsbeta CateninCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell Transformation, NeoplasticHumansLiver NeoplasmsTreatment OutcomeWnt Signaling PathwayAntineoplastic Agentsbeta CateninCTNNB1 protein, humanHepatocellular carcinomaLiver cancer stem cellsMolecular therapyWnt/β-catenin pathway

Identifiers

PMID26811628
PMCPMC4716080
OpenAlexW2419193153

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