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ArticleOncology letters2019

Pancreatic stellate cells facilitate pancreatic cancer cell viability and invasion.

Shang-Long Liu, Shou-Gen Cao, Ying Li, Bo Sun, Dong Chen, Dong-Sheng Wang, Yan-Bing Zhou

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Article in Oncology letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shang-Long LiuDepartment of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P.R. China.
Shou-Gen CaoDepartment of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P.R. China.
Ying LiDepartment of Blood Transfusion, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P.R. China.
Bo SunDepartment of Blood Transfusion, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P.R. China.
Dong ChenDepartment of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P.R. China.
Dong-Sheng WangDepartment of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P.R. China.
Yan-Bing ZhouDepartment of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P.R. China.
Qingdao University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The biological features of pancreatic cancer and the associated hypoxic environment around the cancer cells often lead to resistance to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The present study was performed in order to explore the effect pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) have on the proliferation of pancreatic cancer cells. In the present study, PSCs from human pancreatic cancer tissues were isolated, and the PSCs markers α-smooth muscle actin and desmin were overexpressed in the cytoplasm of PSCs. An MTT assay revealed that PSCs promoted the viability of pancreatic cancer cells. However, the viability of pancreatic cancer cells promoted by PSCs was partially blocked by SB525334. Cellular invasion analysis demonstrated that PSCs promoted the invasion ability of pancreatic cancer cells. An apoptosis assay indicated that PSCs decreased the level of apoptosis induced by gemcitabine.

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invasionpancreatic cancerpancreatic stellate cellsproliferation

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PMID30675272
PMCPMC6341873
OpenAlexW2903717561

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