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ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2016

Associations of the Transforming Growth Factor β/Smad Pathway, Body Mass Index, and Physical Activity With Breast Cancer Outcomes: Results From the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study.

Yinghao Su, Hui Cai, Ying Zheng, Qingchao Qiu, Wei Lu, Xiao Ou Shu, Qiuyin Cai

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Article in American journal of epidemiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Effects of Post-diagnosis Recreational Aerobic Exercise among Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025
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  4. Potential Effect ofBiomolecules · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Yinghao Su
Hui Cai
Ying Zheng
Qingchao Qiu
Wei Lu
Xiao Ou Shu
Qiuyin Cai

Funding

Tumor Immunology and Microenvironment Research ProgramP30CA068485 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI MATTHEW J TYSKA · 1995 to 2026
$172.8M
The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR)UL1TR000445 · NCATS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BERNARD, GORDON RAPHAEL · 2012 to 2016
$41.4M
Shanghai Breast Cancer StudyR01CA064277 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI SHU, XIAO-OU · 1996 to 2012
$4.8M
MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF BREAST CANCERR01CA090899 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI ZHENG, WEI · 2000 to 2009
$3.5M
Breast Cancer Survival: Lifestyle and Genetic DeterminantsR01CA118229 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI SHU, XIAO-OU · 2007 to 2010
$2.9M
Cell Cycle/Apoptosis Gene Variants and Breast Cancer RiskR01CA122756 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI CAI, QIUYIN · 2008 to 2011
$2.1M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000445NCI NIH HHS P30 CA068485NCI NIH HHS R01 CA064277NCI NIH HHS R01 CA090899NCI NIH HHS R01 CA118229NCI NIH HHS R01 CA122756
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) pathway plays an important role in breast cancer progression and in metabolic regulation and energy homeostasis. The prognostic significance of TGF-β interaction with obesity and physical activity in breast cancer patients remains unclear. We evaluated the expression of TGF-β type II receptor and pSmad2 immunohistochemically in breast cancer tissue from 1,045 patients in the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study (2002-2005). We found that the presence of nuclear pSmad2 in breast cancer cells was inversely associated with overall and disease-free survival, predominantly among participants with lower body mass index (BMI; weight (kg)/height (m)

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Body Mass IndexAdultBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsCell NucleusChinaDisease-Free SurvivalDisease ProgressionExerciseFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaBiomarkers, TumorProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaReceptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type IISmad2 ProteinSMAD2 protein, humanbody mass indexbreast cancerphysical activitypSmad2survivalTGF-β pathwayTGF-β type II receptortransforming growth factor β

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PMID27651382
PMCPMC5044808
OpenAlexW2523284693

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