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ArticleAmerican journal of cancer research2021

FSTL1 promotes growth and metastasis in gastric cancer by activating AKT related pathway and predicts poor survival.

Mengjie Wu, Yongfeng Ding, Nan Wu, Junjie Jiang, Yingying Huang, Fanyu Zhang, Haiyong Wang, Quan Zhou, Yan Yang, Wei Zhuo and 1 more

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Article in American journal of cancer research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mengjie WuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Cancer Hospital Zhengzhou 450008, Henan, P. R. China.
Yongfeng DingThe First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
Nan WuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China.
Junjie JiangThe First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
Yingying HuangThe First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
Fanyu ZhangCollege of Basic Medicine, Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou, Henan, P. R. China.
Haiyong WangThe First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
Quan ZhouThe First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
Yan YangThe First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
Wei ZhuoDepartment of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, P. R. China.
Lisong TengThe First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNHenan Cancer Hospital · CNZhejiang University · CNZhengzhou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulating evidence on the role of Follistatin-like protein 1 (FSTL1) in tumorigenesis and cancer progression is conflicting. Nevertheless, the underlying mechanisms by which FSTL1 contributes to gastric cancer (GC) remain unknown. This study shows that FSTL1 was frequently upregulated in primary GC tissues and significantly correlated with infiltrating depth, lymph node metastasis, unfavorable tumor stage and poor prognosis of GC. Down or up-regulation of FSTL1 inhibited or increased, respectively, the proliferation by reducing apoptosis, clonogenicity, migration and invasion of GC cells

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AKTFSTL1Gastric cancerprognosisTLR4/CD14

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PMID33791149
PMCPMC7994156
OpenAlexW3141608077

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