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ArticleOncotarget2018

Prostaglandin E2 produced by myeloid-derived suppressive cells induces cancer stem cells in uterine cervical cancer.

Hiromasa Kuroda, Seiji Mabuchi, Eriko Yokoi, Naoko Komura, Katsumi Kozasa, Yuri Matsumoto, Mahiru Kawano, Ryoko Takahashi, Tomoyuki Sasano, Kotaro Shimura and 5 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 64 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

15 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hiromasa KurodaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Seiji MabuchiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Eriko YokoiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Naoko KomuraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Katsumi KozasaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Yuri MatsumotoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Mahiru KawanoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Ryoko TakahashiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Tomoyuki SasanoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Kotaro ShimuraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Michiko KodamaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Kae HashimotoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Kenjiro SawadaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Eiichi MoriiDepartment of Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Tadashi KimuraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Osaka University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) enhance tumor progression by suppressing tumor-specific T cell responses, stimulating tumor angiogenesis, or promoting tumor cell metastasis. However, the biology of MDSCs have not been fully investigated. In the current study, we investigated the role of MDSCs in inducing cancer stem-like cells and explored a clinically feasible approach for targeting MDSCs-mediated cancer stem-like cells induction.

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celecoxibcervical cancerCSCMDSCprostaglandin E2

Identifiers

PMID30555631
PMCPMC6284736
OpenAlexW2901966816

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