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ReviewLaboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology2018

Extracellular NME proteins: a player or a bystander?

Patrizia Romani, Marilena Ignesti, Giuseppe Gargiulo, Tien Hsu, Valeria Cavaliere

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Review in Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Patrizia RomaniDipartimento di Farmacia e biotecnologie, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italia.
Marilena IgnestiDipartimento di Farmacia e biotecnologie, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italia.
Giuseppe GargiuloDipartimento di Farmacia e biotecnologie, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italia.
Tien HsuBoston University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Valeria CavaliereDipartimento di Farmacia e biotecnologie, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italia.

Funding

VHL tumor suppressor gene and the initiation of renal cell carcinomaR01CA109860 · NCI · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI HSU, TIEN · 2004 to 2015
$3.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA109860
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Nm23/NME gene family has been under intensive study since Nm23H1/NME1 was identified as the first metastasis suppressor. Inverse correlation between the expression levels of NME1/2 and prognosis has indeed been demonstrated in different tumor cohorts. Interestingly, the presence of NME proteins in the extracellular environment in normal and tumoral conditions has also been noted. In many reported cases, however, these extracellular NME proteins exhibit anti-differentiation or oncogenic functions, contradicting their canonical anti-metastatic action. This emerging field thus warrants further investigation. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of extracellular NME proteins. A role in promoting stem cell pluripotency and inducing development of central nervous system as well as a neuroprotective function of extracellular NME have been suggested. Moreover, a tumor-promoting function of extracellular NME also emerged at least in some tumor cohorts. In this complex scenario, the secretory mechanism through which NME proteins exit cells is far from being understood. Recently, some evidence obtained in the Drosophila and cancer cell line models points to the involvement of Dynamin in controlling the balance between intra- and extracellular levels of NME. Further analyses on extracellular NME will lead to a better understanding of its physiological function and in turn will allow understanding of how its deregulation contributes to carcinogenesis.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationExtracellular SpaceGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsNM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate KinasesNM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases

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