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ArticleCancer research2018

Therapy-Educated Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enrich for Tumor-Initiating Cells.

Michael Timaner, Nitzan Letko-Khait, Ruslana Kotsofruk, Madeleine Benguigui, Ofrat Beyar-Katz, Chen Rachman-Tzemah, Ziv Raviv, Tomer Bronshtein, Marcelle Machluf, Yuval Shaked

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Article in Cancer research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
55citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

55 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Utilization of Stem Cells in Medicine: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  12. Generation of Cancer Stem Cells by Co-Culture Methods.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
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  15. Targeting CXCL9/10/11-CXCR3 axis: an important component of tumor-promoting and antitumor immunity.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael TimanerCell Biology and Cancer Science, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Nitzan Letko-KhaitThe Laboratory for Cancer Drug Delivery & Cell Based Technologies, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Ruslana KotsofrukCell Biology and Cancer Science, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Madeleine BenguiguiCell Biology and Cancer Science, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Ofrat Beyar-KatzCell Biology and Cancer Science, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Chen Rachman-TzemahCell Biology and Cancer Science, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Ziv RavivCell Biology and Cancer Science, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Tomer BronshteinThe Laboratory for Cancer Drug Delivery & Cell Based Technologies, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Marcelle MachlufThe Laboratory for Cancer Drug Delivery & Cell Based Technologies, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Yuval ShakedCell Biology and Cancer Science, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. yshaked@tx.technion.ac.il.
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology · IL

Funding

European Research Council 260633
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stromal cells residing in the tumor microenvironment contribute to the development of therapy resistance. Here we show that chemotherapy-educated mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) promote therapy resistance via cross-talk with tumor-initiating cells (TIC), a resistant tumor cell subset that initiates tumorigenesis and metastasis. In response to gemcitabine chemotherapy, MSCs colonized pancreatic adenocarcinomas in large numbers and resided in close proximity to TICs. Furthermore, gemcitabine-educated MSCs promoted the enrichment of TICs

Indexed as

AnimalsAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticApoptosisBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCell CommunicationCell ProliferationCell Transformation, NeoplasticChemokine CXCL10DeoxycytidineGemcitabineGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLung NeoplasmsMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticBiomarkers, TumorChemokine CXCL10CXCL10 protein, humanCXCR3 protein, humanDeoxycytidineGemcitabineReceptors, CXCR3

Identifiers

PMID29301792
PMCPMC5924870
OpenAlexW2781482652

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