Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33159406›Full record

ReviewCancer science2021

The role of Hippo-YAP signaling in squamous cell carcinomas.

Tomohiko Maehama, Miki Nishio, Junji Otani, Tak Wah Mak, Akira Suzuki

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cancer science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. The importance of mechanical forces in chronic respiratory diseases.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
    Review
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Review
  16. Review
  17. Review
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tomohiko MaehamaDivision of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9685-2317
Miki NishioDivision of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Junji OtaniDivision of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Tak Wah MakDivision of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Akira SuzukiDivision of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Kobe University · JPUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP19cm0106114Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 17H01400Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 18K06132Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 26114005Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 26640081
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Hippo-YAP pathway regulates organ size, tissue homeostasis, and tumorigenesis in mammals. In response to cell density, external mechanical pressure, and/or other stimuli, the Hippo core complex controls the translocation of YAP1/TAZ proteins to the nucleus and thereby regulates cell growth. Abnormal upregulation or nuclear localization of YAP1/TAZ occurs in many human malignancies and promotes their formation, progression, and metastasis. A key example is squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) genesis. Many risk factors and crucial signals associated with SCC development in various tissues accelerate YAP1/TAZ accumulation, and mice possessing constitutively activated YAP1/TAZ show immediate carcinoma in situ (CIS) formation in these tissues. Because CIS onset is so rapid in these mutants, we propose that many SCCs initiate and progress when YAP1 activity is sustained and exceeds a certain oncogenic threshold. In this review, we summarize the latest findings on the roles of YAP1/TAZ in several types of SCCs. We also discuss whether targeting aberrant YAP1/TAZ activation might be a promising strategy for SCC treatment.

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell Cycle ProteinsCell ProliferationHumansProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSignal TransductionAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCell Cycle ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine Kinasescervical canceresophageal cancerhead-and-neck cancerhippo-YAP pathwaylung cancersquamous cell carcinomas

Identifiers

PMID33159406
PMCPMC7780025
OpenAlexW3095579028

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.