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ArticleOncotarget2018

The prognostic value of NRF2 in solid tumor patients: a meta-analysis.

Lingling Wang, Chunze Zhang, Litao Qin, Jingyue Xu, Xiaobo Li, Wenhong Wang, Lingqin Kong, Taizhen Zhou, Xichuan Li

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Article in Oncotarget, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lingling WangSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Chunze ZhangTianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin, China.
Litao QinMedical Genetic Institute of Henan Province, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Jingyue XuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, the Fifth Central Hospital of Tianjin, Tianjin, China.
Xiaobo LiSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Wenhong WangTianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin, China.
Lingqin KongJining Tumor Hospital, Jining No.1 People's Hospital North Campus, Shandong, China.
Taizhen ZhouTraditional Chinese Medical Hospital of Changle, Shandong, China.
Xichuan LiSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Tianjin Medical University · CNTianjin People's Hospital · CNFifth Tianjin Central Hospital · CNHenan Provincial People's Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (NRF2), a transcription factor, is known as a potential therapeutic target of solid tumor for that it is a master regulator of the injury and inflammation response, including controlling antioxidant cell progress. Recent studies showed that NRF2 played significant roles in tumorigenesis and tumor progression, however no association and relationship between NRF2 expression and different clinical manifestation of solid tumor had been accurately evaluated. The present meta-analysis picked up 17 suitable articles from EMBASE, PubMed, and ISI Web of Science databases, including 2238 patients. Combined with results of hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), we concluded that a higher expression of NRF2 would have worse impact on overall survival (HR = 2.29, 95% CI 1.80-2.91,

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meta-analysisNRF2prognosissolid tumors

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PMCPMC5787436
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