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ArticleJournal of functional biomaterials2020

Evaluation of Hyaluronic Acid to Modulate Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Growth In Vitro.

Jordan Ringer, Bryan Morrison, Karl Kingsley

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Article in Journal of functional biomaterials, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jordan RingerDepartment of Clinical Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas-School of Dental Medicine, 1001 Shadow Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.
Bryan MorrisonDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Director of Student Research, University of Nevada, Las Vegas-School of Dental Medicine, 1001 Shadow Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.
Karl KingsleyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Director of Student Research, University of Nevada, Las Vegas-School of Dental Medicine, 1001 Shadow Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1036-7522
University of Nevada, Las Vegas · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPrevious studies have demonstrated that glycosaminoglycan hyaluronic acid (HA) is capable of mediating oral tumor growth. Some clinical evidence has suggested reduced HA expression predicts poor cancer prognosis and that HA-chemotherapy conjugates may function synergistically to inhibit oral tumor growth. Other studies have found conflicting results that suggest enhanced CD44-HA-mediated growth and proliferation. Due to the lack of clarity regarding HA function, the primary goal of this study was to investigate the effects of HA using well-characterized oral cancer cell lines.

methodsUsing several commercially available oral squamous cell carcinoma lines (and a normal non-cancerous control), 96-well growth and viability assays were conducted using HA (alone and in combination with chemotherapeutic agents paclitaxel and PD98059).

resultsDifferent results were observed in each of the cell lines evaluated. HA induced small, non-significant changes in cellular viability among each of the cell lines within a narrow range (1-8%),

conclusionThe results of this study revealed differing responses to HA, which may be inversely correlated with intrinsic characteristics, such as the baseline growth rate. This may suggest that the more rapidly growing cell lines are more responsive to combination therapy with hyaluronic acid; an important finding that may provide insights into the mechanisms responsible for these observations.

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chemotherapyhyaluronic acidoral cancerpaclitaxel

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PMID33019572
PMCPMC7711867
OpenAlexW3090924719

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