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ArticleNature communications2017

Novel peptide probes to assess the tensional state of fibronectin fibers in cancer.

Simon Arnoldini, Alessandra Moscaroli, Mamta Chabria, Manuel Hilbert, Samuel Hertig, Roger Schibli, Martin Béhé, Viola Vogel

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Simon ArnoldiniLaboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
Alessandra MoscaroliCenter for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences, Paul Scherrer Institute, OIPA/103, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
Mamta ChabriaLaboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
Manuel HilbertLaboratory of Biomolecular Research, Paul Scherrer Institute, OFLC/102, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
Samuel HertigHertig Visualizations, Technikumstrasse 10B, 3400, Burgdorf, Switzerland.
Roger SchibliCenter for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences, Paul Scherrer Institute, OIPA/103, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
Martin BéhéCenter for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences, Paul Scherrer Institute, OIPA/103, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland. martin.behe@psi.ch.
Viola VogelLaboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland. viola.vogel@hest.ethz.ch.
Paul Scherrer Institute · CHETH Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transformations of extracellular matrix (ECM) accompany pathological tissue changes, yet how cell-ECM crosstalk drives these processes remains unknown as adequate tools to probe forces or mechanical strains in tissues are lacking. Here, we introduce a new nanoprobe to assess the mechanical strain of fibronectin (Fn) fibers in tissue, based on the bacterial Fn-binding peptide FnBPA5. FnBPA5 exhibits nM binding affinity to relaxed, but not stretched Fn fibers and is shown to exhibit strain-sensitive ECM binding in cell culture in a comparison with an established Fn-FRET probe. Staining of tumor tissue cryosections shows large regions of relaxed Fn fibers and injection of radiolabeled

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AnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaCell Line, TumorExtracellular MatrixFemaleFibroblastsFibronectinsFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferHumansIndium RadioisotopesMaleMiceMice, NudeNanoparticlesPeptidesProstatic NeoplasmsFibronectinsFN1 protein, humanIndium-111Indium RadioisotopesPeptides

Identifiers

PMID29176724
PMCPMC5702617
OpenAlexW2768627643

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