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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2019

Saikosaponin A Inhibits Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Growth and Metastasis Through Downregulation of CXCR4.

Ying Wang, Liang Zhao, Xianghui Han, Yahui Wang, Jinxia Mi, Changhong Wang, Duxin Sun, Yunfei Fu, Xiaodong Zhao, Haidong Guo and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. CXCR4/CXCL12 blockade therapy; a new horizon in TNBC therapy.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025
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  7. Role, mechanisms and effects ofOncology letters · 2025
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  9. Exploring the therapeutic potential andFrontiers in pharmacology · 2025
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  14. Active Ingredients from Chinese Medicine for Combination Cancer Therapy.International journal of biological sciences · 2023
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  15. CXCL12-CXCR4/CXCR7 Axis in Cancer: from Mechanisms to Clinical Applications.International journal of biological sciences · 2023
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  19. Validation of the Anticolitis Efficacy of the Jian-Wei-Yu-Yang Formula.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 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

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ying WangSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Liang ZhaoDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai Baoshan Luodian Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Xianghui HanInstitute of Chinese Traditional Surgery, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yahui WangSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jinxia MiScience and Technology Center, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Changhong WangInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Duxin SunDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Yunfei FuSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xiaodong ZhaoDepartment of Pathology, National Shanghai Center for New Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, Shanghai, China.
Haidong GuoSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Qiangli WangSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNLonghua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNNational Center for Drug Screening · CNUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

metastasisnatural productsaikosaponin ASDF-1/CXCR4 axistriple-negative breast cancer

Identifiers

PMID32047724
PMCPMC6997291
OpenAlexW3003935553

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Registered trials

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