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ArticleACS central science2017

Combinatorial Discovery of Defined Substrates That Promote a Stem Cell State in Malignant Melanoma.

Douglas Zhang, Junmin Lee, Michael B Sun, Yi Pei, James Chu, Martha U Gillette, Timothy M Fan, Kristopher A Kilian

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Article in ACS central science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Douglas ZhangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Junmin LeeDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Michael B SunDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Yi PeiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
James ChuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Martha U GilletteDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Timothy M FanDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Kristopher A KilianDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, and Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tumor microenvironment is implicated in orchestrating cancer cell transformation and metastasis. However, specific cell-ligand interactions between cancer cells and the extracellular matrix are difficult to decipher due to a dynamic and multivariate presentation of many signaling molecules. Here we report a versatile peptide microarray platform that is capable of screening for cancer cell phenotypic changes in response to ligand-receptor interactions. Using a screen of 78 peptide combinations derived from proteins present in the melanoma microenvironment, we identify a proteoglycan binding and bone morphogenic protein 7 (BMP7) derived sequence that selectively promotes the expression of several putative melanoma initiating cell markers. We characterize signaling associated with each of these peptides in the activation of melanoma pro-tumorigenic signaling and reveal a role for proteoglycan mediated adhesion and signaling through Smad 2/3. A defined substratum that controls the state of malignant melanoma may prove useful in spatially normalizing a heterogeneous population of tumor cells for discovery of therapeutics that target a specific state and for identifying new drug targets and reagents for intervention.

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PMID28573199
PMCPMC5445527
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