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SynthesisScientific data2021

An integrated landscape of protein expression in human cancer.

Andrew F Jarnuczak, Hanna Najgebauer, Mitra Barzine, Deepti J Kundu, Fatemeh Ghavidel, Yasset Perez-Riverol, Irene Papatheodorou, Alvis Brazma, Juan Antonio Vizcaíno

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Synthesis in Scientific data, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 74 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrew F JarnuczakEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK. jarnuczak@ebi.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-6368-3951
Hanna NajgebauerEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1010-0403
Mitra BarzineEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0860-9510
Deepti J KunduEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK.
Fatemeh GhavidelDepartment of Informatics, University of Bergen, 5020, Bergen, Norway.
Yasset Perez-RiverolEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6579-6941
Irene PapatheodorouEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7270-5470
Alvis BrazmaEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5988-7409
Juan Antonio VizcaínoEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK. juan@ebi.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-3905-4335
European Bioinformatics Institute · GBUniversity of Bergen · NO

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using 11 proteomics datasets, mostly available through the PRIDE database, we assembled a reference expression map for 191 cancer cell lines and 246 clinical tumour samples, across 13 lineages. We found unique peptides identified only in tumour samples despite a much higher coverage in cell lines. These were mainly mapped to proteins related to regulation of signalling receptor activity. Correlations between baseline expression in cell lines and tumours were calculated. We found these to be highly similar across all samples with most similarity found within a given sample type. Integration of proteomics and transcriptomics data showed median correlation across cell lines to be 0.58 (range between 0.43 and 0.66). Additionally, in agreement with previous studies, variation in mRNA levels was often a poor predictor of changes in protein abundance. To our knowledge, this work constitutes the first meta-analysis focusing on cancer-related public proteomics datasets. We therefore also highlight shortcomings and limitations of such studies. All data is available through PRIDE dataset identifier PXD013455 and in Expression Atlas.

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Cell Line, TumorDatasets as TopicHumansNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasmsProteomicsRNA, MessengerTranscriptomeNeoplasm ProteinsRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID33893311
PMCPMC8065022
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