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ReviewHeliyon2018

The role of zyxin in regulation of malignancies.

Ahmed Kotb, Matthew Eric Hyndman, Trushar R Patel

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In one paragraph

Review in Heliyon, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Down Expression of Zyxin is Associated with Down Expression of p53 in Colorectal Cancer.International journal of molecular and cellular medicine · 2025
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  11. Working a second job: Cell adhesion proteins that moonlight in the nucleus.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ahmed KotbDepartment of Urology, Southern Alberta Institute of Urology, 7007 14 St SW, Calgary, T2V 1P9, Alberta, Canada.
Matthew Eric HyndmanDepartment of Urology, Southern Alberta Institute of Urology, 7007 14 St SW, Calgary, T2V 1P9, Alberta, Canada.
Trushar R PatelAlberta RNA Research and Training Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, T1K 3M4, Alberta, Canada.
University of Lethbridge · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Focal adhesions are highly dynamic multi-protein complexes found at the cell surface and effectively link the cell's internal cytoskeleton to a complex mixture of macromolecules known as the extracellular matrix and mediate transmission of signals from the extracellular matrix to the nucleus. Zyxin is one of the key focal adhesion proteins and is also found to shuttle in the nucleus. Although the mechanism of shuttling to the nucleus unclear, it moves out from the nucleus through a leucine-rich nuclear export signal sequence. It is known to contribute to fundamental cellular activities such as cell migration, adhesion and proliferation by interacting with a variety of cellular proteins. It is also linked with a number of cancers such as melanoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, oral squamous-cell carcinoma, Ewing sarcoma and prostate cancer. However, in many cases, the precise mechanisms by which the absence or presence of zyxin contributes to cancer progression or suppression is unknown. Thus, more work is required to gain insights into how zyxin modulates cellular functions in relationship to cancer. This review summarises the role of zyxin in cancer, with an emphasis on conflicting roles in prostate cancer.

Indexed as

Cancer research

Identifiers

PMID30094365
PMCPMC6072900
OpenAlexW2883028533

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