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ArticleNature2019

Tissue curvature and apicobasal mechanical tension imbalance instruct cancer morphogenesis.

Hendrik A Messal, Silvanus Alt, Rute M M Ferreira, Christopher Gribben, Victoria Min-Yi Wang, Corina G Cotoi, Guillaume Salbreux, Axel Behrens

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Article in Nature, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
87citing papers in PubMed
11.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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, 172 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hendrik A Messal *Adult Stem Cell Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Silvanus Alt *Theoretical Physics of Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Rute M M FerreiraAdult Stem Cell Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Christopher GribbenAdult Stem Cell Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Victoria Min-Yi WangAdult Stem Cell Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Corina G CotoiInstitute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Guillaume SalbreuxTheoretical Physics of Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. Guillaume.Salbreux@crick.ac.uk.
Axel BehrensAdult Stem Cell Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. Axel.Behrens@crick.ac.uk.
The Francis Crick Institute · GBKing's College Hospital · GBKing's College London · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 21144European Research Council 281661Medical Research Council FC001039Medical Research Council FC001317Wellcome Trust FC001039Wellcome Trust FC001317
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tubular epithelia are a basic building block of organs and a common site of cancer occurrence

Indexed as

Biomechanical PhenomenaCell PolarityCell Transformation, NeoplasticMorphogenesisAnimalsHumansMiceOrganoidsPancreatic DuctsPancreatic NeoplasmsStress, Mechanical

Identifiers

PMID30700911
PMCPMC7025886
OpenAlexW2911973964

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