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ReviewMolecular biology reports2021

Interplay of autophagy and cancer stem cells in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Magdelyn Mei-Theng Wong, Hui-Yin Chan, Norazlin Abdul Aziz, Thamil Selvee Ramasamy, Jan-Jin Bong, Ewe Seng Ch'ng, Subasri Armon, Suat-Cheng Peh, Sin-Yeang Teow

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

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Magdelyn Mei-Theng WongDepartment of Medical Sciences, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Jalan Universiti, 47500 Subang Jaya, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Hui-Yin ChanDepartment of Medical Sciences, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Jalan Universiti, 47500 Subang Jaya, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Norazlin Abdul AzizMolecular Pathology Unit, Cancer Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH Complex), Ministry of Health Malaysia, Level 4, Block C7, No: 1, Jalan Setia Murni U13/52, Section U13, Setia Alam, 40170 Shah Alam, 50588, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.
Thamil Selvee RamasamyStem Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jan-Jin BongSunway Medical Centre, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500 Subang Jaya, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia.
Ewe Seng Ch'ngDepartment of Medical Sciences, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Jalan Universiti, 47500 Subang Jaya, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Subasri ArmonPathology Department, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Pahang, 50588, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Suat-Cheng PehDepartment of Medical Sciences, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Jalan Universiti, 47500 Subang Jaya, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Sin-Yeang TeowDepartment of Medical Sciences, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Jalan Universiti, 47500 Subang Jaya, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. ronaldt@sunway.edu.my.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3824-0224
Sunway University · MYHospital Kuala Lumpur · MYMinistry of Health · MYUniversiti Sains Malaysia · MYUniversity of Malaya · MY

Funding

ministry of high education malaysia FRGS/1/2019/SKK08/SYUC/02/1sunway medical centre research fund SRC/003/2017/FRsunway medical centre research funds SRC/002/2017/FR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the world. The most common type of liver cancers is hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Autophagy is the cellular digestion of harmful components by sequestering the waste products into autophagosomes followed by lysosomal degradation for the maintenance of cellular homeostasis. The impairment of autophagy is highly associated with the development and progression of HCC although autophagy may be involved in tumour-suppressing cellular events. In regards to its protecting role, autophagy also shelters the cells from anoikis- a programmed cell death in anchorage-dependent cells detached from the surrounding extracellular matrix which facilitates metastasis in HCC. Liver cancer stem cells (LCSCs) have the ability for self-renewal and differentiation and are associated with the development and progression of HCC by regulating stemness, resistance and angiogenesis. Interestingly, autophagy is also known to regulate normal stem cells by promoting cellular survival and differentiation and maintaining cellular homeostasis. In this review, we discuss the basal autophagic mechanisms and double-faceted roles of autophagy as both tumour suppressor and tumour promoter in HCC, as well as its association with and contribution to self-renewal and differentiation of LCSCs.

Indexed as

AutophagyAnimalsCarcinoma, HepatocellularHumansLiver NeoplasmsNeoplastic Stem CellsAutophagyCancer stem cellsHepatocellular carcinomaLiver cancerSirtuin 1SuppressionTumour progression

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PMID33893928
OpenAlexW3154834621

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