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ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2017

Noncoding RNAs as drivers of the phenotypic plasticity of oesophageal mucosa.

Matteo Fassan, Sonia Facchin, Giada Munari, Giuseppe Nicolò Fanelli, Greta Lorenzon, Edoardo Savarino

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Article in World journal of gastroenterology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matteo FassanSurgical Pathology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua 35100, Italy.
Sonia FacchinGastroenterology Unit, Department of Surgical Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, Padua 35100, Italy.
Giada MunariSurgical Pathology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua 35100, Italy.
Giuseppe Nicolò FanelliSurgical Pathology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua 35100, Italy.
Greta LorenzonGastroenterology Unit, Department of Surgical Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, Padua 35100, Italy.
Edoardo SavarinoGastroenterology Unit, Department of Surgical Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, Padua 35100, Italy. edoardo.savarino@unipd.it.
University of Padua · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The histological commitment of the lower oesophageal mucosa largely depends on a complex molecular landscape. After extended inflammatory insult due to gastroesophageal reflux disease, squamous oesophageal mucosa may differentiate into columnar metaplastic mucosa. In this setting, the presence of intestinal metaplasia is considered the starting point of Barrett's carcinogenetic cascade. Aside from secondary prevention strategies for Barrett's mucosa (BM) patients, there are multiple endoscopic ablative therapies available for BM eradication and for the replacement of metaplastic epithelia with a neosquamous mucosa. However, BM frequently recurs in a few years, which supports the notable phenotypic plasticity of the oesophageal mucosa. In recent years, several reports pinpointed a class of small noncoding RNAs, the microRNAs (miRNAs), as principal effectors and regulators of oesophageal mucosa metaplastic (and neoplastic) transformation. Because of miRNAs notable stability in fixed archival diagnostic specimens, expression profiling of miRNAs represent an innovative diagnostic, prognostic and predictive tool in the stratification of phenotypic alterations in the oesophageal mucosa.

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Barrett EsophagusCell PlasticityCell Transformation, NeoplasticEpithelial CellsEsophageal MucosaEsophageal NeoplasmsGene Expression ProfilingHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMetaplasiaMicroRNAsPrognosisRecurrenceSequence Analysis, RNAMicroRNAsBarrett’s mucosaBiomarkersMetaplasiaMicroRNAsNoncoding RNAs

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PMID29209106
PMCPMC5703925
OpenAlexW2768340904

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