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ArticleTheranostics2019

APLN promotes hepatocellular carcinoma through activating PI3K/Akt pathway and is a druggable target.

Huarong Chen, Chi-Chun Wong, Dabin Liu, Minnie Y Y Go, Bin Wu, Sui Peng, Ming Kuang, Nathalie Wong, Jun Yu

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Article in Theranostics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 79 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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Huarong ChenInstitute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Chi-Chun WongInstitute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Dabin LiuInstitute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Minnie Y Y GoInstitute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Bin WuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, China.
Sui PengPrecision Medicine Institute, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Ming KuangPrecision Medicine Institute, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Nathalie WongDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.
Jun YuInstitute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNChinese University of Hong Kong · CNThe First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsApelinApelin ReceptorsApoptosisBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell CycleCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLiver NeoplasmsMaleMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeApelinApelin ReceptorsBiomarkers, TumorPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktAPLNHepatocellular carcinomaPI3K/Akt.prognosis

Identifiers

PMID31410213
PMCPMC6691573
OpenAlexW2963929671

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