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ReviewJournal of hepatocellular carcinoma2018

Role of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma, pathogenesis, and clinical significance.

Ahmed M Khalaf, David Fuentes, Ali I Morshid, Mata R Burke, Ahmed O Kaseb, Manal Hassan, John D Hazle, Khaled M Elsayes

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Review in Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 133 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
133citing papers in PubMed
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

133 citing papers in PubMed, 218 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmed M KhalafDepartment of Imaging Physics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
David FuentesDepartment of Imaging Physics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Ali I MorshidDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, kmelsayes@mdanderson.org.
Mata R BurkeDepartment of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, USA.
Ahmed O KasebDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Manal HassanDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
John D HazleDepartment of Imaging Physics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Khaled M ElsayesDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, kmelsayes@mdanderson.org.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common primary hepatic malignancies and one of the fastest-growing causes of cancer-related mortality in the United States. The molecular basis of HCC carcinogenesis has not been clearly identified. Among the molecular signaling pathways implicated in the pathogenesis of HCC, the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is one of the most frequently activated. A great effort is under way to clearly understand the role of this pathway in the pathogenesis of HCC and its role in the transition from chronic liver diseases, including viral hepatitis, to hepatocellular adenomas (HCAs) and HCCs and its targetability in novel therapies. In this article, we review the role of the β-catenin pathway in hepatocarcinogenesis and progression from chronic inflammation to HCC, the novel potential treatments targeting the pathway and its prognostic role in HCC patients, as well as the imaging features of HCC and their association with aberrant activation of the pathway.

Indexed as

gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaginghepatocellular carcinomamolecular therapyWnt/β-catenin

Identifiers

PMID29984212
PMCPMC6027703
OpenAlexW2811009228

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