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ReviewBritish journal of cancer2020

Cancer stemness in hepatocellular carcinoma: mechanisms and translational potential.

Yu-Man Tsui, Lo-Kong Chan, Irene Oi-Lin Ng

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Review in British journal of cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
79citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

79 citing papers in PubMed, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Discovery of pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives with inhibitory effect on liver cancer stem cell.Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents · 2026
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  13. Stemness-hypoxia genesTranslational cancer research · 2025
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19 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yu-Man Tsui *Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Lo-Kong Chan *Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Irene Oi-Lin NgDepartment of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong. iolng@hku.hk.
University of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (RGC, UGC) T12-704/16-R
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer stemness, referring to the stem-cell-like phenotype of cancer cells, has been recognised to play important roles in different aspects of hepatocarcinogenesis. A number of well-established cell-surface markers already exist for liver cancer stem cells, with potential new markers of liver cancer stem cells being identified. Both genetic and epigenetic factors that affect various signalling pathways are known to contribute to cancer stemness. In addition, the tumour microenvironment-both physical and cellular-is known to play an important role in regulating cancer stemness, and the potential interaction between cancer stem cells and their microenvironment has provided insight into the regulation of the tumour-initiating ability as well as the cellular plasticity of liver CSCs. Potential specific therapeutic targeting of liver cancer stemness is also discussed. With increased knowledge, effective druggable targets might be identified, with the aim of improving treatment outcome by reducing chemoresistance.

Indexed as

CarcinogenesisCarcinoma, HepatocellularDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansLiverLiver NeoplasmsMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplastic Stem CellsSignal TransductionTumor Microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID32231294
PMCPMC7217836
OpenAlexW3013815586

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