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ReviewJournal of Cancer2017

Fibronectin: How Its Aberrant Expression in Tumors May Improve Therapeutic Targeting.

Jennifer Peyling Wang, Abigail Hielscher

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Review in Journal of Cancer, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
105citing papers in PubMed
13.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

105 citing papers in PubMed, 164 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jennifer Peyling WangDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Georgia-Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Suwanee, GA 30024, USA.
Abigail HielscherDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Georgia-Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Suwanee, GA 30024, USA.
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibronectin is a matrix glycoprotein which has not only been found to be over-expressed in several cancers, but has been shown to participate in several steps of tumorigenesis. The purpose of this review is to illustrate how aberrant fibronectin expression influences tumor growth, invasion, metastasis and therapy resistance. In particular, this review will focus on the interactions between cell receptor ligands and fibronectin and how this interaction influences downstream signaling events that aid tumor progression. This review will further discuss the possible implications of therapeutic drugs directed against fibronectin and/or cellular interactions with fibronectin and will additionally discuss novel approaches by which to limit intra- and extra-tumoral fibronectin expression and the cellular events which lead to aberrant fibronectin expression. It is anticipated that these studies will set a basis for future research that will not only aid understanding of fibronectin and its prognostic significance, but will further elucidate novel targets for therapeutics.

Indexed as

extracellular matrixFibronectinintegrinsmetastasistherapy resistance.tumorigenesis

Identifiers

PMID28367247
PMCPMC5370511
OpenAlexW2594338562

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