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ArticleCancer discovery2019

Age-Related Changes in HAPLN1 Increase Lymphatic Permeability and Affect Routes of Melanoma Metastasis.

Brett L Ecker, Amanpreet Kaur, Stephen M Douglass, Marie R Webster, Filipe V Almeida, Gloria E Marino, Andrew J Sinnamon, Madalyn G Neuwirth, Gretchen M Alicea, Abibatou Ndoye and 7 more

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Article in Cancer discovery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers.

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111citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

111 citing papers in PubMed, 142 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Life Factors and Melanoma: From the Macroscopic State to the Molecular Mechanism.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  15. MMA-induced LOXL2Cell death & disease · 2025
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  16. Lymphatic transport in anti-tumor immunity and metastasis.The Journal of experimental medicine · 2025
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  19. Nerves, nodes, and neoplasia.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Brett L Ecker *Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Amanpreet Kaur *The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0002-4228-2742
Stephen M DouglassThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Marie R WebsterThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Filipe V AlmeidaThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Gloria E MarinoThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Andrew J SinnamonDepartment of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Madalyn G NeuwirthDepartment of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Gretchen M AliceaThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Abibatou NdoyeThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Mitchell FaneThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0001-6163-5753
Xiaowei XuDepartment of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Myung Shin SimThe University of California, Los Angeles, California.
Gary B DeutschNorthwell Health Institute, Los Angeles, California.
Mark B FariesThe Angeles Clinic and Research Institute, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, California.
Giorgos C KarakousisDepartment of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ashani T WeeraratnaThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. aweeraratna@wistar.org.
The Wistar Institute · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USAngeles Clinic and Research Institute · USNorthwell Health Orthopaedic Institute · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Tumor Microenvironment and MetastasisP30CA010815 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI Luis J Montaner · 1985 to 2026
$75.9M
Targeting the MAP and PI3 Kinase Pathways in MelanomaP01CA114046 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI WEERARATNA, ASHANI T · 2008 to 2023
$37.1M
Targeted Combination Therapy for MelanomaP50CA174523 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI HERLYN, MEENHARD F · 2014 to 2018
$11.1M
Promotion of tumor invasion and pseudosenescence by the aging microenvironmentR01CA174746 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI WEERARATNA, ASHANI T · 2014 to 2018
$2.1M
Effect of the aged microenvironment on tumor dormancyR01CA207935 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI WEERARATNA, ASHANI T · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Histone modifications regulating phenotype plasticity: Role of non-canonical Wnt signalingK99CA208012 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI WEBSTER, MARIE RUTH · 2016 to 2017
$228k
NCI NIH HHS K99 CA208012NCI NIH HHS P01 CA114046NCI NIH HHS P30 CA010815NCI NIH HHS P50 CA174523NCI NIH HHS R01 CA174746NCI NIH HHS R01 CA207935
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Older patients with melanoma have lower rates of sentinel lymph node (LN) metastases yet paradoxically have inferior survival. Patient age correlated with an inability to retain Technetium radiotracer during sentinel LN biopsy in more than 1,000 patients, and high Technetium counts correlated to better survival. We hypothesized that loss of integrity in the lymphatic vasculature due to extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation might play a role. We have implicated HAPLN1 in age-dependent ECM degradation in the dermis. Here, we queried whether HAPLN1 could be altered in the lymphatic ECM. Lymphatic HAPLN1 expression was prognostic of long-term patient survival. Adding recombinant HAPLN1 to aged fibroblast ECMs

Indexed as

AgingAdultAnimalsCells, CulturedExtracellular Matrix ProteinsHumansImmune SystemLymphatic MetastasisMelanomaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMiddle AgedProteoglycan Link ProteinProteoglycansSkinTumor MicroenvironmentExtracellular Matrix ProteinsProteoglycan Link ProteinProteoglycans

Identifiers

PMID30279172
PMCPMC6328344
OpenAlexW2895129523

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