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ArticleOncology letters2017

Voltage-gated calcium channels: Novel targets for cancer therapy.

Nam Nhut Phan, Chih-Yang Wang, Chien-Fu Chen, Zhengda Sun, Ming-Derg Lai, Yen-Chang Lin

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Article in Oncology letters, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

98 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Nam Nhut PhanFaculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, Tan Phong Ward, Ho Chi Minh 700000, Vietnam.
Chih-Yang WangInstitute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Chien-Fu ChenSchool of Chinese Medicine for Post-Baccalaureate, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 84001, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Zhengda SunDepartment of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Ming-Derg LaiInstitute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Yen-Chang LinGraduate Institute of Biotechnology, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 1114, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) comprise five subtypes: The L-type; R-type; N-type; P/Q-type; and T-type, which are encoded by α

Indexed as

cancermeta-analysisOncominepotential biomarkerunder-expressionvoltage-gated calcium channels

Identifiers

PMID28781648
PMCPMC5530219

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