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ReviewCells2021

Extracellular Acidification Induces Lysosomal Dysregulation.

Bryce Ordway, Robert J Gillies, Mehdi Damaghi

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Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Acidosis, Iron Dyshomeostasis and Inflammatory Injury.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  8. Mirror proteorhodopsins.Communications chemistry · 2023
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bryce OrdwayDepartment of Cancer Physiology, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1492-9473
Robert J GilliesDepartment of Cancer Physiology, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8888-7747
Mehdi DamaghiDepartment of Cancer Physiology, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7744-6161
Moffitt Cancer Center · USUniversity of South Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many invasive cancers emerge through a years-long process of somatic evolution, characterized by an accumulation of heritable genetic and epigenetic changes and the emergence of increasingly aggressive clonal populations. In solid tumors, such as breast ductal carcinoma, the extracellular environment for cells within the nascent tumor is harsh and imposes different types of stress on cells, such as hypoxia, nutrient deprivation, and cytokine inflammation. Acidosis is a constant stressor of most cancer cells due to its production through fermentation of glucose to lactic acid in hypoxic or normoxic regions (Warburg effect). Over a short period of time, acid stress can have a profound effect on the function of lysosomes within the cells exposed to this environment, and after long term exposure, lysosomal function of the cancer cells can become completely dysregulated. Whether this dysregulation is due to an epigenetic change or evolutionary selection has yet to be determined, but understanding the mechanisms behind this dysregulation could identify therapeutic opportunities.

Indexed as

Tumor MicroenvironmentAcidosisAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastEnergy MetabolismFemaleHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationLysosomesMolecular Targeted TherapyWarburg Effect, OncologicAntineoplastic Agentsbreast cancercancer acidosiscancer metastasisintracellular pHlysosomal localizationlysosome dysregulationtargeted therapytumor microenvironmentWarburg effect

Identifiers

PMID34067971
PMCPMC8152284
OpenAlexW3163680600

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