Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33906694›Full record

ReviewJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2021

Comprehensive description of the current breast cancer microenvironment advancements via single-cell analysis.

Xueqi Yan, Yinghong Xie, Fan Yang, Yijia Hua, Tianyu Zeng, Chunxiao Sun, Mengzhu Yang, Xiang Huang, Hao Wu, Ziyi Fu and 3 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 41 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

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xueqi Yan *Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Yinghong Xie *Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Fan Yang *Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Yijia HuaDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Tianyu ZengDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Chunxiao SunDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Mengzhu YangDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Xiang HuangDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Hao WuDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Ziyi FuDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China.
Wei LiDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China. real.lw@163.com.
Shiping JiaoDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu Province, China. jiaoshp@tcrximmune.cn.
Yongmei YinDepartment of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China. ymyin@njmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3335-369X
Jiangsu Province Hospital · CNJiangsu Cancer Hospital · CNNanjing Drum Tower Hospital · CN

Funding

Graduate Research and Innovation Projects of Jiangsu Province JX10213767High-level Innovation Team of Nanjing Medical University JX102GSP201727Key Medical Talents ZDRCA2016023National Key Research and Development Program of China ZDZX2017ZL-01National Natural Science Foundation of China 81972484Project of China Key Research and Development Program Precision Medicine Research 2016YFC0905901The Collaborative Innovation Center for Tumor Individualization Focuses on Open Topics JX21817902/008Wu Jieping Medical Foundation 320.6750.17006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease with a complex microenvironment consisting of tumor cells, immune cells, fibroblasts and vascular cells. These cancer-associated cells shape the tumor microenvironment (TME) and influence the progression of breast cancer and the therapeutic responses in patients. The exact composition of the intra-tumoral cells is mixed as the highly heterogeneous and dynamic nature of the TME. Recent advances in single-cell technologies such as single-cell DNA sequencing (scDNA-seq), single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and mass cytometry have provided new insights into the phenotypic and functional diversity of tumor-infiltrating cells in breast cancer. In this review, we have outlined the recent progress in single-cell characterization of breast tumor ecosystems, and summarized the phenotypic diversity of intra-tumoral cells and their potential prognostic relevance.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisTumor MicroenvironmentBreast cancerSingle-cell DNA sequencingSingle-cell RNA sequencingTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID33906694
PMCPMC8077685
OpenAlexW3157733462

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