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ArticleNature2020

Tumoural activation of TLR3-SLIT2 axis in endothelium drives metastasis.

Bernardo Tavora, Tobias Mederer, Kai J Wessel, Simon Ruffing, Mahan Sadjadi, Marc Missmahl, Benjamin N Ostendorf, Xuhang Liu, Ji-Young Kim, Olav Olsen and 3 more

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers.

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97citing papers in PubMed
8.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

97 citing papers in PubMed, 140 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

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bernardo TavoraLaboratory of Systems Cancer Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Tobias Mederer *Laboratory of Systems Cancer Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Kai J Wessel *Laboratory of Systems Cancer Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Simon RuffingLaboratory of Systems Cancer Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8660-3635
Mahan SadjadiLaboratory of Systems Cancer Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9729-5199
Marc MissmahlLaboratory of Systems Cancer Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Benjamin N OstendorfLaboratory of Systems Cancer Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4492-9252
Xuhang LiuLaboratory of Systems Cancer Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Ji-Young KimLaboratory of Systems Cancer Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Olav OlsenLaboratory of Brain Development and Repair, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Alana L WelmDepartment of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Hani GoodarziDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9648-8949
Sohail F TavazoieLaboratory of Systems Cancer Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA. stavazoie@rockefeller.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4966-9018
Rockefeller University · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

An antisense RNA-mediated regulatory program that drives cancer metastasisR01CA240984 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI GOODARZI, HANI · 2019 to 2023
$2.5M
Targeted regulation of transcript stability through RNA methylation and intron retentionR01GM123977 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI GOODARZI, HANI · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Regulation of metastatic progression by an endothelial-derived factorR01CA236954 · NCI · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI TAVAZOIE, SOHAIL F. · 2019 to 2022
$1.9M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS R01 CA236954NCI NIH HHS R01 CA240984NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM123977NIH HHS R01-CA236954-01A1NIH HHS R01CA24098
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blood vessels support tumours by providing nutrients and oxygen, while also acting as conduits for the dissemination of cancer

Indexed as

Neoplasm MetastasisAnimalsBreast NeoplasmsChemotaxisDisease Models, AnimalDisease ProgressionEndothelial CellsEndotheliumFemaleHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLung NeoplasmsMaleMiceNerve Tissue ProteinsReceptors, ImmunologicIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsReceptors, ImmunologicRNA, Double-StrandedRoundabout ProteinsSlit Homolog 2 ProteinToll-Like Receptor 3

Identifiers

PMID32999457
PMCPMC8088828
OpenAlexW3091159762

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Registered trials

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