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ArticleCancer medicine2018

SNAI2 and TWIST1 in lymph node progression in early stages of NSCLC patients.

Camille Emprou, Pauline Le Van Quyen, Jérémie Jégu, Nathalie Prim, Noëlle Weingertner, Eric Guérin, Erwan Pencreach, Michèle Legrain, Anne-Claire Voegeli, Charlotte Leduc and 9 more

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Article in Cancer medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Partial EMT in Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Snapshot.International journal of biological sciences · 2021
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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

19 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Camille EmprouDepartment of Pathology, Hôpital de Hautepierre, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0185-3668
Pauline Le Van QuyenDepartment of Pathology, Hôpital de Hautepierre, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Jérémie JéguDepartment of Public Health, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Nathalie PrimDepartment of Pneumology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Noëlle WeingertnerDepartment of Pathology, Hôpital de Hautepierre, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Eric GuérinEA3430: Tumoral Progression and Micro-environment, Translational and Epidemiological Approaches, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Erwan PencreachEA3430: Tumoral Progression and Micro-environment, Translational and Epidemiological Approaches, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Michèle LegrainDepartment of Molecular Biology, Oncobiology Laboratory, Regional Institute of Cancer Strasbourg, Hôpital de Hautepierre, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Anne-Claire VoegeliDepartment of Molecular Biology, Oncobiology Laboratory, Regional Institute of Cancer Strasbourg, Hôpital de Hautepierre, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Charlotte LeducDepartment of Pneumology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Bertrand MennecierDepartment of Pneumology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Pierre-Emmanuel FalcozDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Anne OllandDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Nicolas SantelmoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Elisabeth QuoixDepartment of Pneumology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Gilbert MassardDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Dominique GuenotEA3430: Tumoral Progression and Micro-environment, Translational and Epidemiological Approaches, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Marie-Pierre ChenardDepartment of Pathology, Hôpital de Hautepierre, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Michèle Beau-FallerEA3430: Tumoral Progression and Micro-environment, Translational and Epidemiological Approaches, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg · FRHôpital d'Hautepierre · FRUniversité de Strasbourg · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lymph node metastasis is an important prognosis factor in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) in lymph node progression in the early stages of NSCLC. We studied a retrospective cohort of 160 consecutive surgically treated NSCLC patients with available frozen tumor samples for expression of EMT markers (CDH1, CTNNB1, CDH2, and VIMENTIN), inducers (TGFB1, c-MET, and CAIX), and transcription factors (EMT-TF: SNAI1, SNAI2, ZEB1, TWIST1, and TWIST2). Partial EMT was more frequent in N1-2 (N+) vs N0 patients (P < .01). TGFB1 (P = .02) as well as SNAI2 (P < .01) and TWIST1 (P = .04) were the most differentially expressed genes in N+ tumors. In this group, ZEB1 was correlated with all EMT inducers and other EMT-TFs were overexpressed depending on the inducers. CAIX was an independent prognostic factor for overall survival (IC 95% HR: 1.10-5.14, P = .03). Partial EMT is involved in lymph node progression of NSCLC patients and depends on the TGFβ pathway. EMT-TFs are differentially expressed depending on EMT inducers. CAIX might be a relevant prognostic marker in early stage NSCLC.

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epithelial-mesenchymal transitionhypoxialymph node metastasisnonsmall cell lung cancerSNAI2TGFβTWIST1

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PMID29845746
PMCPMC6051239
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