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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2016

Osteopontin-A Master Regulator of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition.

Anai N Kothari, Matthew L Arffa, Victor Chang, Robert H Blackwell, Wing-Kin Syn, Jiwang Zhang, Zhiyong Mi, Paul C Kuo

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
72citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

72 citing papers in PubMed, 112 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anai N KothariLoyola University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, 2160 S First Ave, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. ankothari@lumc.edu.
Matthew L ArffaLoyola University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, 2160 S First Ave, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. marffa@luc.edu.
Victor ChangLoyola University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, 2160 S First Ave, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. vchang@luc.edu.
Robert H BlackwellLoyola University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, 2160 S First Ave, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. rblackwell@lumc.edu.
Wing-Kin SynDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. synw@musc.edu.
Jiwang ZhangThe Oncology Institute, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. jzhang@luc.edu.
Zhiyong MiLoyola University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, 2160 S First Ave, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. zhmi@luc.edu.
Paul C KuoLoyola University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, 2160 S First Ave, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. paul.kuo@luhs.org.
Loyola University Medical Center · USMedical University of South Carolina · US

Funding

TRAINING IN TRAUMA AND BURN RESEARCHT32GM008750 · NIGMS · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO · PI CHOUDHRY, MASHKOOR A, GONZALEZ, RICHARD PAUL · 2000 to 2023
$2.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008750
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteopontin (OPN) plays an important functional role in both physiologic and pathologic states. OPN is implicated in the progression of fibrosis, cancer, and metastatic disease in several organ systems. The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), first described in embryology, is increasingly being recognized as a significant contributor to fibrotic phenotypes and tumor progression. Several well-established transcription factors regulate EMT and are conserved across tissue types and organ systems, including TWIST, zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox (ZEB), and SNAIL-family members. Recent literature points to an important relationship between OPN and EMT, implicating OPN as a key regulatory component of EMT programs. In this review, OPN's interplay with traditional EMT activators, both directly and indirectly, will be discussed. Also, OPN's ability to restructure the tissue and tumor microenvironment to indirectly modify EMT will be reviewed. Together, these diverse pathways demonstrate that OPN is able to modulate EMT and provide new targets for directing therapeutics.

Indexed as

cancer-associated fibroblastsepithelial-mesenchymal transitionfibrosisosteopontintumor metastasistumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID27023622
PMCPMC4850462
OpenAlexW2310005049

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