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ReviewBiomolecules2021

Exploring the Intracrine Functions of VEGF-A.

Sophie Wiszniak, Quenten Schwarz

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Review in Biomolecules, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 103 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sophie WiszniakCentre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia and SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8666-9300
Quenten SchwarzCentre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia and SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5958-4181
South Australia Pathology · AU

Funding

National Health and Medical Research Council APP1144008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A or VEGF) is a highly conserved secreted signalling protein best known for its roles in vascular development and angiogenesis. Many non-endothelial roles for VEGF are now established, with the discovery that VEGF and its receptors VEGFR1 and VEGFR2 are expressed in many non-vascular cell-types, as well as various cancers. In addition to secreted VEGF binding to its receptors in the extracellular space at the cell membrane (i.e., in a paracrine or autocrine mode), intracellularly localised VEGF is emerging as an important signalling molecule regulating cell growth, survival, and metabolism. This intracellular mode of signalling has been termed "intracrine", and refers to the direct action of a signalling molecule within the cell without being secreted. In this review, we describe examples of intracrine VEGF signalling in regulating cell growth, differentiation and survival, both in normal cell homeostasis and development, as well as in cancer. We further discuss emerging evidence for the molecular mechanisms underpinning VEGF intracrine function, as well as the implications this intracellular mode of VEGF signalling may have for use and design of anti-VEGF cancer therapeutics.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell ProliferationHumansNeoplasmsReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorSignal TransductionVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Aanti-VEGF therapyapoptosisautocrinecancercell survivalintracellularintracrinesignalingVEGFVEGF-A

Identifiers

PMID33478167
PMCPMC7835749
OpenAlexW3123200640

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