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ArticleBiomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie2017

Estrogen and thyroid cancer is a stem affair: A preliminary study.

Mariangela Zane, Carmelo Parello, Gianmaria Pennelli, Danyelle M Townsend, Stefano Merigliano, Marco Boscaro, Antonio Toniato, Giovannella Baggio, Maria Rosa Pelizzo, Domenico Rubello and 1 more

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Article in Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mariangela ZaneDepartment of Surgical, Oncological, and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Carmelo ParelloDepartment of Surgical, Oncological, and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Gianmaria PennelliSurgical Pathology and Cytopathology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Danyelle M TownsendDepartment of Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, USA.
Stefano MeriglianoDepartment of Surgical, Oncological, and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Marco BoscaroEndocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Antonio ToniatoDepartment of Surgical, Oncological, and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Giovannella BaggioInternal Medicine Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Padova, Italy.
Maria Rosa PelizzoDepartment of Surgical, Oncological, and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Domenico RubelloSanta Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy. Electronic address: Domenico.rubello@libero.it.
Isabella Merante BoschinDepartment of Surgical, Oncological, and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
University of Padua · ITMedical University of South Carolina · USOspedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di Rovigo · IT

Funding

SOUTH CAROLINA COBRE IN OXIDANTS, REDOX BALANCE AND STRESS SIGNALINGP20GM103542 · NIGMS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI TEW, KENNETH D. · 2012 to 2020
$20.2M
SOUTH CAROLINA COBRE IN OXIDANTS, REDOX BALANCE AND STRESS SIGNALINGP20RR024485 · NCRR · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI TEW, KENNETH D. · 2011 to 2011
$2.2M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR024485NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103542
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gender influences Papillary Thyroid Cancer (PTC) with an incidence of 3:1 when comparing women to men with different aggressiveness. This gender discrepancy suggests some role of sex hormones in favoring the malignant progression of thyroid tissue to cancer. Estrogens are known to promote Stem Cell self-renewal and, therefore, may be involved in tumor initiation. The goals of these studies are to investigate the underlying causes of gender differences in PTC by studying the specific role of estrogens on tumor cells and their involvement within the Cancer Stem Cell (CSC) compartment. Exposure to 1nmoll

Indexed as

AdultAnimalsBiomarkersCell Line, TumorDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Administration ScheduleEstrogensFemaleHumansMaleMiceMiddle AgedNeoplasms, ExperimentalSex CharacteristicsStem CellsThyroid NeoplasmsBiomarkersEstrogensCancer signalingCancer stem cellsEstrogenGender medicineThyroid cancer

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PMID27899250
PMCPMC5218826
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