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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2016

Prognostic Impact of Autophagy Biomarkers for Cutaneous Melanoma.

Diana Y L Tang, Robert A Ellis, Penny E Lovat

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Autophagy in Melanoma: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  5. ZNF197-AS1/miR-425/GABARAPL1 axis: a novel regulatory mechanism in uveal melanoma.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2024
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  6. The Interplay between Autophagy and Mitochondria in Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  7. Contribution of Keratinocytes in Skin Cancer Initiation and Progression.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  10. Targeting ferroptosis in melanoma: cancer therapeutics.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2023
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  17. Ambra1 in cancer: implications for clinical oncology.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2022
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  19. Autophagy and Skin Diseases.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Diana Y L TangDermatological Sciences, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; Dermatology, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
Robert A EllisDermatological Sciences, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; Dermatology, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
Penny E LovatDermatological Sciences, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , UK.
Newcastle University · GBJames Cook University Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prognosis and survival for malignant melanoma is highly dependent on early diagnosis and treatment. While the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) criterion provides a means of staging melanomas and guiding treatment approaches, it is unable to identify the risk of disease progression of early stage tumors or provide reliable stratification for novel adjuvant therapies. The demand for credible prognostic/companion biomarkers able to identify high-risk melanoma subgroups as well as guide more effective personalized/precision-based therapy is therefore of paramount importance. Autophagy, the principle lysosomal-mediated process for the degradation/recycling of cellular debris, is a hot topic in cancer medicine, and observations of its deregulation in melanoma have brought its potential as a prognostic biomarker to the forefront of current research. Key regulatory proteins, including Atg8/microtubule-associated light chain 3 (LC3) and BECN1 (Beclin 1), have been proposed as potential prognostic biomarkers. However, given the dynamic nature of autophagy, their expression

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Ambra1autophagy biomarkersmalignant melanomap62prognostic biomarkers

Identifiers

PMID27882308
PMCPMC5101199
OpenAlexW2555660440

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