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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2018

Galectin-9 Expression Predicts Favorable Clinical Outcome in Solid Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Xiaoxiang Zhou, Lejia Sun, Dan Jing, Gang Xu, Jinmei Zhang, Li Lin, Jingjing Zhao, Zhuoran Yao, Hongfeng Lin

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Galectins for Diagnosis and Prognostic Assessment of Human Diseases: An Overview of Meta-Analyses.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020
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  11. Galectin-9 in Gastroenterological Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  20. The Features of Immune Checkpoint Gene Regulation by microRNA in Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaoxiang ZhouDepartment of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Lejia SunDepartment of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Dan JingDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Gang XuDepartment of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jinmei ZhangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, China.
Li LinDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, China.
Jingjing ZhaoDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, China.
Zhuoran YaoDepartment of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Hongfeng LinDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, China.
Weifang People's Hospital · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNPeking Union Medical College Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

favorable outcomegalectin-9meta-analysismetastasisprognostic biomarkersolid tumortumor invasion

Identifiers

PMID29765332
PMCPMC5939667
OpenAlexW2803076413

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