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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Ultraviolet Radiation and Chronic Inflammation-Molecules and Mechanisms Involved in Skin Carcinogenesis: A Narrative Review.

Magdalena Ciążyńska, Irmina Olejniczak-Staruch, Dorota Sobolewska-Sztychny, Joanna Narbutt, Małgorzata Skibińska, Aleksandra Lesiak

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In one paragraph

Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 85 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Magdalena CiążyńskaDepartment of Proliferative Diseases, Nicolaus Copernicus Multidisciplinary Centre for Oncology and Traumatology, 93-513 Łódź, Poland.
Irmina Olejniczak-StaruchDepartment of Dermatology, Pediatric Dermatology and Dermatological Oncology, Medical University of Łódź, 90-419 Łódź, Poland.
Dorota Sobolewska-SztychnyDepartment of Dermatology, Pediatric Dermatology and Dermatological Oncology, Medical University of Łódź, 90-419 Łódź, Poland.
Joanna NarbuttDepartment of Dermatology, Pediatric Dermatology and Dermatological Oncology, Medical University of Łódź, 90-419 Łódź, Poland.
Małgorzata SkibińskaDepartment of Dermatology, Pediatric Dermatology and Dermatological Oncology, Medical University of Łódź, 90-419 Łódź, Poland.
Aleksandra LesiakDepartment of Dermatology, Pediatric Dermatology and Dermatological Oncology, Medical University of Łódź, 90-419 Łódź, Poland.
Medical University of Lodz · PLCopernicus Memorial Hospital · PL

Funding

the National Centre of Science 2017/27/B/NZ5/02011Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lodzi 503/5‑064‑01/503‑1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The process of skin carcinogenesis is still not fully understood. Both experimental and epidemiological evidence indicate that chronic inflammation is one of the hallmarks of microenvironmental-agent-mediated skin cancers and contributes to its development. Maintaining an inflammatory microenvironment is a condition leading to tumor formation. Multiple studies focus on the molecular pathways activating tumorigenesis by inflammation and indicate several biomarkers and factors that can improve diagnostic and prognostic processes in oncology and dermatology. Reactive oxygen species produced by ultraviolet radiation, oxidizers, or metabolic processes can damage cells and initiate pro-inflammatory cascades. Considering the potential role of inflammation in cancer development and metastasis, the identification of early mechanisms involved in carcinogenesis is crucial for clinical practice and scientific research. Moreover, it could lead to the progress of advanced skin cancer therapies. We focus on a comprehensive analysis of available evidence and on understanding how chronic inflammation and ultraviolet radiation can result in skin carcinogenesis. We present the inflammatory environment as complex molecular networks triggering tumorigenesis and constituting therapeutic targets.

Indexed as

chronic inflammationinflammasomemelanomanon-melanoma skin cancerskin carcinogenesis

Identifiers

PMID33917793
PMCPMC8068112
OpenAlexW3154983619

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