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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Stromal Cells Present in the Melanoma Niche Affect Tumor Invasiveness and Its Resistance to Therapy.

Justyna Mazurkiewicz, Aleksandra Simiczyjew, Ewelina Dratkiewicz, Marcin Ziętek, Rafał Matkowski, Dorota Nowak

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Crosstalk in Skin: Loss of Desmoglein 1 in Keratinocytes Inhibits BRAFThe Journal of investigative dermatology · 2025
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  13. Dangerous liaisons: Loss of keratinocyte control over melanocytes in melanomagenesis.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Justyna MazurkiewiczDepartment of Cell Pathology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0105-0021
Aleksandra SimiczyjewDepartment of Cell Pathology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland.
Ewelina DratkiewiczDepartment of Cell Pathology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2389-3513
Marcin ZiętekDepartment of Oncology and Division of Surgical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, Plac Hirszfelda 12, 53-413 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7890-3483
Rafał MatkowskiDepartment of Oncology and Division of Surgical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, Plac Hirszfelda 12, 53-413 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1705-5097
Dorota NowakDepartment of Cell Pathology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland.
University of Wrocław · PLWroclaw Medical University · PL

Funding

National Science Centre, Poland OPUS 15, No. 2018/29/B/NZ5/00967
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant melanoma is a highly metastatic type of cancer, which arises frequently from transformed pigment cells and melanocytes as a result of long-term UV radiation exposure. In recent years, the incidence of newly diagnosed melanoma patients reached 5% of all cancer cases. Despite the development of novel targeted therapies directed against melanoma-specific markers, patients' response to treatment is often weak or short-term due to a rapid acquisition of drug resistance. Among the factors affecting therapy effectiveness, elements of the tumor microenvironment play a major role. Melanoma niche encompasses adjacent cells, such as keratinocytes, cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), adipocytes, and immune cells, as well as components of the extracellular matrix and tumor-specific physicochemical properties. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge concerning the influence of cancer-associated cells (keratinocytes, CAFs, adipocytes) on the process of melanomagenesis, tumor progression, invasiveness, and the emergence of drug resistance in melanoma. We also address how melanoma can alter the differentiation and activation status of cells present in the tumor microenvironment. Understanding these complex interactions between malignant and cancer-associated cells could improve the development of effective antitumor therapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

Cell ProliferationDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansMelanocytesMelanomaNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplastic Stem CellsStem Cell NicheStromal CellsTumor Microenvironmentadipocytescancer-associated fibroblastsdrug resistanceinvasionkeratynocytesmelanomatumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID33430277
PMCPMC7825728
OpenAlexW3118571953

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