Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28163397›Full record

ReviewMediators of inflammation2017

The Role of PDGFs and PDGFRs in Colorectal Cancer.

Roberta M Manzat Saplacan, Loredana Balacescu, Claudia Gherman, Romeo I Chira, Anca Craiu, Petru A Mircea, Cosmin Lisencu, Ovidiu Balacescu

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Review in Mediators of inflammation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
86citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.9field-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

86 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

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26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Roberta M Manzat SaplacanFirst Medical Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu" Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Clinicilor Street, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7281-3412
Loredana BalacescuDepartment of Functional Genomics, Proteomics and Experimental Pathology, The Oncology Institute "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta", 34-36 Republicii Street, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Claudia GhermanDepartment of Functional Genomics, Proteomics and Experimental Pathology, The Oncology Institute "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta", 34-36 Republicii Street, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Romeo I ChiraFirst Medical Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu" Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Clinicilor Street, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Anca CraiuThe Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology "Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor" Cluj-Napoca, 5 Constanta Street, 400158 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Petru A MirceaFirst Medical Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu" Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Clinicilor Street, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Cosmin LisencuDepartment of Surgical and Gynecological Oncology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", 34-36 Republicii Street, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Department of Surgery, The Oncology Institute "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta", 34-36 Republicii Street, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0144-3474
Ovidiu BalacescuDepartment of Functional Genomics, Proteomics and Experimental Pathology, The Oncology Institute "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta", 34-36 Republicii Street, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-0253-7103
Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROInstitute of Oncology Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta · ROInstitutul Regional de Gastroenterologie Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AnimalsColorectal NeoplasmsHumansLymphokinesNeovascularization, PathologicPlatelet-Derived Growth FactorReceptors, Platelet-Derived Growth FactorLymphokinesPlatelet-Derived Growth Factorplatelet-derived growth factor ABplatelet-derived growth factor CReceptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor

Identifiers

PMID28163397
PMCPMC5259650
OpenAlexW2570570717

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