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ArticleBiofabrication2021

A novel tumor-immune microenvironment (TIME)-on-Chip mimics three dimensional neutrophil-tumor dynamics and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs)-mediated collective tumor invasion.

Vikram Surendran, Dylan Rutledge, Ramair Colmon, Arvind Chandrasekaran

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Article in Biofabrication, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-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

58 citing papers in PubMed, 92 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vikram SurendranBioinspired Microengineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical, Biological and Bio Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro 27411, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-3597-5396
Dylan RutledgeBioinspired Microengineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical, Biological and Bio Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro 27411, United States of America.
Ramair ColmonBioinspired Microengineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical, Biological and Bio Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro 27411, United States of America.
Arvind ChandrasekaranBioinspired Microengineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical, Biological and Bio Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro 27411, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-5205-3591
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University · US

Funding

Decoupling the Mechanobiology of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) in Tumor MetastasisSC2GM136523 · NIGMS · NORTH CAROLINA AGRI & TECH ST UNIV · PI CHANDRASEKARAN, ARVIND · 2020 to 2022
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NIGMS NIH HHS SC2 GM136523
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neutrophils are the most abundant type of leukocytes in the blood, traditionally regarded as the first immune responders to infections and inflammations. In the context of tumors, neutrophils have been shown to possess both tumor-promoting and tumor-limiting properties. A better understanding of the inter-cellular dynamics between the neutrophils and aggregated tumors could possibly shed light on the different modalities of neutrophil involvement in tumor progression. To study

Indexed as

Extracellular TrapsNeoplasmsCell MovementHumansNeutrophilsTumor Microenvironmentbiomimeticshybrid integrationmicrofluidicsneutrophil extracellular trapsneutrophilstissue engineeringtumor immune microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID33524968
PMCPMC8990531
OpenAlexW3127400878

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