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ArticleNature2018

A cell identity switch allows residual BCC to survive Hedgehog pathway inhibition.

Brian Biehs, Gerrit J P Dijkgraaf, Robert Piskol, Bruno Alicke, Soufiane Boumahdi, Franklin Peale, Stephen E Gould, Frederic J de Sauvage

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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 79 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
79citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.4field-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

79 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 139 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brian BiehsDepartment of Molecular Oncology, Genentech, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Gerrit J P DijkgraafDepartment of Molecular Oncology, Genentech, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Robert PiskolDepartment of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Genentech, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Bruno AlickeDepartment of Translational Oncology, Genentech, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Soufiane BoumahdiDepartment of Molecular Oncology, Genentech, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Franklin PealeDepartment of Research Pathology, Genentech, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Stephen E GouldDepartment of Translational Oncology, Genentech, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Frederic J de SauvageDepartment of Molecular Oncology, Genentech, San Francisco, CA, USA. desauvage.fred@gene.com.
Molecular Oncology (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the efficacy of Hedgehog pathway inhibitors in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma (BCC)

Indexed as

AnilidesAnimalsBasal Cell CarcinomaCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationEpidermal CellsHair FollicleHedgehog ProteinsHumansMicePyridinesSignal TransductionSkin NeoplasmsSmoothened ReceptorStem CellsWnt Signaling PathwayAnilidesHedgehog ProteinsHhAntag691PyridinesSmoothened ReceptorSMO protein, human

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PMID30297801
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