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Oncofetal Chondroitin Sulfate: A Putative Therapeutic Target in Adult and Pediatric Solid Tumors.

Nastaran Khazamipour, Nader Al-Nakouzi, Htoo Zarni Oo, Maj Ørum-Madsen, Anne Steino, Poul H Sorensen, Mads Daugaard

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Review in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 22 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nastaran KhazamipourDepartment of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada.
Nader Al-NakouziDepartment of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada.
Htoo Zarni OoDepartment of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada.
Maj Ørum-MadsenDepartment of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada.
Anne SteinoVancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver, BC V6H 3Z6, Canada.
Poul H SorensenDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada.
Mads DaugaardDepartment of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada.
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solid tumors remain a major challenge for targeted therapeutic intervention strategies such as antibody-drug conjugates and immunotherapy. At a minimum, clear and actionable solid tumor targets have to comply with the key biological requirement of being differentially over-expressed in solid tumors and metastasis, in contrast to healthy organs. Oncofetal chondroitin sulfate is a cancer-specific secondary glycosaminoglycan modification to proteoglycans expressed in a variety of solid tumors and metastasis. Normally, this modification is found to be exclusively expressed in the placenta, where it is thought to facilitate normal placental implantation during pregnancy. Informed by this biology, oncofetal chondroitin sulfate is currently under investigation as a broad and specific target in solid tumors. Here, we discuss oncofetal chondroitin sulfate as a potential therapeutic target in childhood solid tumors in the context of current knowhow obtained over the past five years in adult cancers.

Indexed as

Molecular Targeted TherapyAdultChildChondroitin SulfatesFemaleFetusHumansNeoplasmsPlacentaPregnancyChondroitin Sulfatescancerchondroitin sulfateoncofetal chondroitin sulfatepediatric cancersolid tumorstargetVAR2

Identifiers

PMID32231047
PMCPMC7226838
OpenAlexW3013116116

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