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Trial reportMedicine2017

Effects of arsenic trioxide on the expression of ezrin in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Wei Lu, Chao Yang, Peng Du, Jun-Li Zhang, Jia-Cheng Zhang

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Trial report in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Effects of arsenic trioxide on migration, invasion and apoptosis of hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei LuDepartment of Interventional Medicine, Navy General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China.
Chao Yang
Peng Du
Jun-Li Zhang
Jia-Cheng Zhang
PLA Navy General Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of arsenic trioxide (As2O3) treatment on the expression of ezrin and serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).A total of 24 patients (20 males and 4 females) with resectable HCC were treated with venous injection of As2O3 for 14 days (10 mg/d) before surgery. The ezrin expression and serum AFP levels were assessed before and after treatment, respectively.The serum AFP levels were 325.5 ng/L before treatment and 278.6 ng/L after treatment, with statistical significant difference (Z = -2.360, P < .05). The expression of ezrin was negative, weak positive, and strong positive in 11, 7, and 6 cases, respectively, before As2O3 treatment, and 17, 5, 2 cases respectively after the treatment. The difference between the 2 groups was statistically significant (χ = 5.619, P < .05). Also, the results showed that there was a significant correlation between the high serum AFP level (AFP ≥ 500 ng/L) and high expression of ezrin (χ = 8.080, P < .05).As2O3 treatment can significantly downregulate the expression of ezrin in HCC.

Indexed as

AdultAgedAntineoplastic AgentsArsenicalsArsenic TrioxideCarcinoma, HepatocellularCytoskeletal ProteinsEzrinFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryInfusions, IntravenousLiver NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedOxidesAntineoplastic AgentsArsenicalsArsenic TrioxideCytoskeletal ProteinsEzrinOxides

Identifiers

PMID28858082
PMCPMC5585476
OpenAlexW2750655643

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