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ArticleNature2018

A slow-cycling LGR5 tumour population mediates basal cell carcinoma relapse after therapy.

Adriana Sánchez-Danés, Jean-Christophe Larsimont, Mélanie Liagre, Eva Muñoz-Couselo, Gaëlle Lapouge, Audrey Brisebarre, Christine Dubois, Mariano Suppa, Vijayakumar Sukumaran, Véronique Del Marmol and 2 more

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Article in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
87citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

87 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 138 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Adriana Sánchez-DanésLaboratory of Stem Cells and Cancer, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Jean-Christophe LarsimontLaboratory of Stem Cells and Cancer, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Mélanie LiagreLaboratory of Stem Cells and Cancer, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Eva Muñoz-CouseloVall d'Hebron University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Gaëlle LapougeLaboratory of Stem Cells and Cancer, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Audrey BrisebarreLaboratory of Stem Cells and Cancer, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Christine DuboisLaboratory of Stem Cells and Cancer, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Mariano SuppaDepartment of Dermatology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Vijayakumar SukumaranLaboratory of Stem Cells and Cancer, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Véronique Del MarmolDepartment of Dermatology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Josep TaberneroVall d'Hebron University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Cédric BlanpainLaboratory of Stem Cells and Cancer, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. cedric.blanpain@ulb.ac.be.
Université Libre de Bruxelles · BEUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESWalloon Excellence in Lifesciences and Biotechnology · BE

Funding

European Research Council 616333
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most frequent cancer in humans and results from constitutive activation of the Hedgehog pathway

Indexed as

Neoplasm Recurrence, LocalAnilidesAnimalsBasal Cell CarcinomaCell DifferentiationCell LineageDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHair FollicleHedgehog ProteinsHumansMaleMicePatched-1 ReceptorPyridinesReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledAnilidesHedgehog ProteinsHhAntag691LGR5 protein, humanLgr5 protein, mousePatched-1 ReceptorPtch1 protein, mousePyridinesReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSmoothened ReceptorSMO protein, humanWnt Proteins

Identifiers

PMID30297799
PMCPMC6295195
OpenAlexW2895563925

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