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ArticleAmerican journal of cancer research2017

Mucins in pancreatic cancer: biological role, implications in carcinogenesis and applications in diagnosis and therapy.

Hyerim Suh, Krishna Pillai, David Lawson Morris

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Article in American journal of cancer research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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45citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hyerim SuhUniversity of New South Wales, School of MedicineSydney NSW, Australia.
Krishna PillaiDepartment of Surgery, St George Hospital, The University of New South WalesKogarah, Sydney NSW 2217, Australia.
David Lawson MorrisDepartment of Surgery, St George Hospital, The University of New South WalesKogarah, Sydney NSW 2217, Australia.
St George Hospital · AUUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is the fourth highest cause of cancer mortality in the world. It has very low survival rates owing to late diagnosis resulting from the absence of accurate diagnostic tools and effective therapies. Hence, there is a pressing need to develop new diagnostic and therapeutic tools. In the recent years, there has been new evidence implicating the importance of mucins in pancreatic carcinogenesis. Mucins belong to a group of heavily glycosylated proteins, and are often aberrantly expressed in a number of cancers such as pancreatic cancer. Therefore, this literature review will summarise the role of mucins and mucin expression in pancreatic neoplasms. Subsequently the paper will also discuss the most recent advances in the biological properties of mucins and their role in carcinogenesis and resistance to chemotherapy. Then it will conclude on the newest developments in diagnosis and therapy based on mucins for pancreatic cancer.

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cancer therapycarcinogenesisMucinspancreatic cancerprognostic biomarkerresistance

Identifiers

PMID28670497
PMCPMC5489784
OpenAlexW2738913456

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