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ArticleOncotarget2017

Strong fascin expression promotes metastasis independent of its F-actin bundling activity.

Lisa S Heinz, Stefanie Muhs, Johanna Schiewek, Saskia Grüb, Marcus Nalaskowski, Yuan-Na Lin, Harriet Wikman, Leticia Oliveira-Ferrer, Tobias Lange, Jasmin Wellbrock and 3 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. [Knocking down fascin inhibits cervical cancer cell proliferation and tumorigenesis in nude mice].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2018
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  16. Clinical relevance of cytoskeleton associated proteins for ovarian cancer.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lisa S Heinz *Department of Biochemistry and Signal Transduction, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Stefanie Muhs *Department of Biochemistry and Signal Transduction, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Johanna SchiewekDepartment of Biochemistry and Signal Transduction, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Saskia GrübDepartment of Biochemistry and Signal Transduction, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Marcus NalaskowskiDepartment of Biochemistry and Signal Transduction, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Yuan-Na LinDepartment of Biochemistry and Signal Transduction, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Harriet WikmanInstitute of Tumor Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Leticia Oliveira-FerrerDepartment of Gynecology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Tobias LangeInstitute of Anatomy and Experimental Morphology, University Cancer Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Jasmin WellbrockDepartment of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section Pneumology, Hubertus Wald University Cancer Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Anja KonietznyDFG Emmy Noether Group 'Neuronal Protein Transport', Center for Molecular Neurobiology, ZMNH, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Marina MikhaylovaDFG Emmy Noether Group 'Neuronal Protein Transport', Center for Molecular Neurobiology, ZMNH, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Sabine WindhorstDepartment of Biochemistry and Signal Transduction, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Universität Hamburg · DEUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DEUniversity Cancer Center Hamburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High expression of the actin bundling protein Fascin increases the malignancy of tumor cells. Here we show that fascin expression is up-regulated in more malignant sub-cell lines of MDA-MB-231 cells as compared to parental cells. Since also parental MDA-MB-231 cells exhibit high fascin levels, increased fascin expression was termed as "hyperexpression". To examine the effect of fascin hyperexpression, fascin was hyperexpressed in parental MDA-MB-231 cells and metastasis was analyzed in NOD scid gamma (NSG) mice. In addition, the effect of fascin mutants with inactive or constitutively active actin bundling activity was examined. Unexpectedly, we found that hyperexpression of both, wildtype (wt) and mutant fascin strongly increased metastasis

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actincytoskeletal dynamicsfascinmetastasismicrotubule

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PMID29299131
PMCPMC5746366
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