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ReviewCancers2021

The Role of Autophagy and lncRNAs in the Maintenance of Cancer Stem Cells.

Leila Jahangiri, Tala Ishola, Perla Pucci, Ricky M Trigg, Joao Pereira, John A Williams, Megan L Cavanagh, Georgios V Gkoutos, Loukia Tsaprouni, Suzanne D Turner

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 23 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

10 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Leila JahangiriDepartment of Life Sciences, Birmingham City University, Birmingham B15 3TN, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0235-8447
Tala IsholaDepartment of Life Sciences, Birmingham City University, Birmingham B15 3TN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3067-0553
Perla PucciDivision of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
Ricky M TriggDivision of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
Joao PereiraDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5587-7593
John A WilliamsInstitute of Translational Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0357-5454
Megan L CavanaghDepartment of Life Sciences, Birmingham City University, Birmingham B15 3TN, UK.
Georgios V GkoutosInstitute of Translational Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK.
Loukia TsaprouniDepartment of Life Sciences, Birmingham City University, Birmingham B15 3TN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4740-3099
Suzanne D TurnerDivision of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8439-4507
Birmingham City University · GBUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · GBCentral European Institute of Technology · CZGlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) · GBHarvard University · USUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) possess properties such as self-renewal, resistance to apoptotic cues, quiescence, and DNA-damage repair capacity. Moreover, CSCs strongly influence the tumour microenvironment (TME) and may account for cancer progression, recurrence, and relapse. CSCs represent a distinct subpopulation in tumours and the detection, characterisation, and understanding of the regulatory landscape and cellular processes that govern their maintenance may pave the way to improving prognosis, selective targeted therapy, and therapy outcomes. In this review, we have discussed the characteristics of CSCs identified in various cancer types and the role of autophagy and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in maintaining the homeostasis of CSCs. Further, we have discussed methods to detect CSCs and strategies for treatment and relapse, taking into account the requirement to inhibit CSC growth and survival within the complex backdrop of cellular processes, microenvironmental interactions, and regulatory networks associated with cancer. Finally, we critique the computationally reinforced triangle of factors inclusive of CSC properties, the process of autophagy, and lncRNA and their associated networks with respect to hypoxia, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), and signalling pathways.

Indexed as

autophagycancer stem cells (CSCs)haematological malignanciesLncRNAssolid cancerstumour microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID33799834
PMCPMC7998932
OpenAlexW3134133589

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