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ReviewThe journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society2020

The Role of Glypicans in Cancer Progression and Therapy.

Nan Li, Madeline R Spetz, Mitchell Ho

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Review in The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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47citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nan LiLaboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Madeline R SpetzLaboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Mitchell HoLaboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
National Institutes of Health · USNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Development of new antibody-based cancer therapiesZIABC010891 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI HO, MITCHELL · 2009 to 2025
$21.4M
Antibody Therapy of CancerZ01BC010891 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI HO, MITCHELL · 2008 to 2008
$56k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC010891Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010891
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glypicans are a family of heparan sulfate proteoglycans that are attached to the cell membrane via a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor. Glypicans interact with multiple ligands, including morphogens, growth factors, chemokines, ligands, receptors, and components of the extracellular matrix through their heparan sulfate chains and core protein. Therefore, glypicans can function as coreceptors to regulate cell proliferation, cell motility, and morphogenesis. In addition, some glypicans are abnormally expressed in cancers, possibly involved in tumorigenesis, and have the potential to be cancer-specific biomarkers. Here, we provide a brief review focusing on the expression of glypicans in various cancers and their potential to be targets for cancer therapy.

Indexed as

Disease ProgressionAnimalsGlypicansHumansNeoplasmsGlypicansbiomarkercancerextracellular matrixglycosaminoglycanglypicanheparan sulfate proteoglycanimmunostaining

Identifiers

PMID32623934
PMCPMC7711243
OpenAlexW3038922695

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