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ArticleOncology letters2019

Metformin selectively targets 4T1 tumorspheres and enhances the antitumor effects of doxorubicin by downregulating the AKT and STAT3 signaling pathways.

Yun-Suk Kwon, So-Young Chun, Hong-Yan Nan, Kyung-Soo Nam, Chuhee Lee, Soyoung Kim

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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 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Metformin and Cancer, an Ambiguanidous Relationship.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yun-Suk KwonDepartment of Pharmacology and Intractable Disease Research Center, School of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do 380660, Republic of Korea.
So-Young ChunDepartment of Pharmacology and Intractable Disease Research Center, School of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do 380660, Republic of Korea.
Hong-Yan NanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu 42415, Republic of Korea.
Kyung-Soo NamDepartment of Pharmacology and Intractable Disease Research Center, School of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do 380660, Republic of Korea.
Chuhee LeeDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu 42415, Republic of Korea.
Soyoung KimDepartment of Pharmacology and Intractable Disease Research Center, School of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do 380660, Republic of Korea.
Dongguk University · KRYeungnam University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies have reported that metformin (Met), the first-line medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, exhibited anticancer and chemoprotective effects in diverse cancer cells. In this study, we investigated the effects of Met on the drug-resistance of 4T1 murine breast cancer tumorspheres (TS) and the mechanism responsible for its drug-resistance. 4T1 TS exhibited accumulations of cells at the G

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4T1 breast cancer cellsdrug-resistancemetforminquiescencetumorspheres

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PMID30675314
PMCPMC6341857
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