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ReviewMolecules and cells2020

Classifying the Linkage between Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Tumor Growth through Cancer-Associated Adipocytes.

Yae Chan Song, Seung Eon Lee, Young Jin, Hyun Woo Park, Kyung-Hee Chun, Han-Woong Lee

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Review in Molecules and cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 17 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yae Chan SongDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Life Science and Biotechnology and Yonsei Laboratory Animal Research Center, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5172-5659
Seung Eon LeeDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Life Science and Biotechnology and Yonsei Laboratory Animal Research Center, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5875-6554
Young JinDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4405-7802
Hyun Woo ParkDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Life Science and Biotechnology and Yonsei Laboratory Animal Research Center, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7736-2286
Kyung-Hee ChunDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9867-7321
Han-Woong LeeDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Life Science and Biotechnology and Yonsei Laboratory Animal Research Center, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9515-3605
Yonsei University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, tumor microenvironment (TME) and its stromal constituents have provided profound insights into understanding alterations in tumor behavior. After each identification regarding the unique roles of TME compartments, non-malignant stromal cells are found to provide a sufficient tumorigenic niche for cancer cells. Of these TME constituents, adipocytes represent a dynamic population mediating endocrine effects to facilitate the crosstalk between cancer cells and distant organs, as well as the interplay with nearby tumor cells. To date, the prevalence of obesity has emphasized the significance of metabolic homeostasis along with adipose tissue (AT) inflammation, cancer incidence, and multiple pathological disorders. In this review, we summarized distinct characteristics of hypertrophic adipocytes and cancer to highlight the importance of an individual's metabolic health during cancer therapy. As AT undergoes inflammatory alterations inducing tissue remodeling, immune cell infiltration, and vascularization, these features directly influence the TME by favoring tumor progression. A comparison between inflammatory AT and progressing cancer could potentially provide crucial insights into delineating the complex communication network between uncontrolled hyperplastic tumors and their microenvironmental components. In turn, the comparison will unravel the underlying properties of dynamic tumor behavior, advocating possible therapeutic targets within TME constituents.

Indexed as

AdipocytesAdipose TissueHumansInflammationTumor Microenvironmentadipose tissuecancer-associated adipocyteinflammationobesitytumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID32759466
PMCPMC7528682
OpenAlexW3048418477

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