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SynthesisDisease markers2020

Clinicopathological and Prognostic Roles of STAT3 and Its Phosphorylation in Glioma.

Bo Liang, Shuang-Yang Li, Hui-Zhi Gong, Ling-Xue Wang, Jia Lu, Yu-Xiu Zhao, Ning Gu

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Synthesis in Disease markers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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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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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bo LiangNanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1749-6976
Shuang-Yang LiHospital (T.C.M.) Affiliated to Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Hui-Zhi GongNanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8754-1480
Ling-Xue WangHospital (T.C.M.) Affiliated to Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Jia LuNanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Yu-Xiu ZhaoHospital (T.C.M.) Affiliated to Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4485-3884
Ning GuNanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0704-6768
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNSouthwest Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioma is defined as a common brain tumor which causes severe disability or death. As many genes are reported to relate with glioma's occurrence and development, their prognostic and therapeutic value still remains uncertain. This study aimed at investigating the association between STAT3/p-STAT3 and glioma prognosis. Nine studies (12 trials) scored ≥5 on the Newcastle-Ottawa scale were meta-analysed from the Medline, Embase, and Web of Science databases. We found that STAT3/p-STAT3 overexpression in glioma patients was associated with worse overall survival (hazard  ratio  (HR) = 1.40, 95%confidence  interval  (CI) = 1.05 ~ 1.86,

Indexed as

Up-RegulationBiomarkers, TumorBrain NeoplasmsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGliomaHumansPhosphorylationPrognosisSTAT3 Transcription FactorSurvival AnalysisBiomarkers, TumorSTAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription Factor

Identifiers

PMID33299498
PMCPMC7704152
OpenAlexW3109051319

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