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ReviewCancer management and research2021

Prognostic Alternative Splicing Signatures in Esophageal Carcinoma.

Zodwa Dlamini, Rodney Hull, Sikhumbuzo Z Mbatha, Mohammed Alaouna, You-Lin Qiao, Herbert Yu, Aristotelis Chatziioannou

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Review in Cancer management and research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 4 countries.

Zodwa DlaminiSAMRC Precision Prevention & Novel Drug Targets for HIV-Associated Cancers Extramural Unit, Pan African Cancer Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-8012-3646
Rodney HullSAMRC Precision Prevention & Novel Drug Targets for HIV-Associated Cancers Extramural Unit, Pan African Cancer Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2001-3453
Sikhumbuzo Z MbathaDepartment of Surgery, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Mohammed AlaounaSAMRC Precision Prevention & Novel Drug Targets for HIV-Associated Cancers Extramural Unit, Pan African Cancer Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-1382-2332
You-Lin QiaoSAMRC Precision Prevention & Novel Drug Targets for HIV-Associated Cancers Extramural Unit, Pan African Cancer Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6380-0871
Herbert YuSAMRC Precision Prevention & Novel Drug Targets for HIV-Associated Cancers Extramural Unit, Pan African Cancer Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-3950-4815
Aristotelis ChatziioannouSAMRC Precision Prevention & Novel Drug Targets for HIV-Associated Cancers Extramural Unit, Pan African Cancer Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2078-0844
South African Medical Research Council · ZASteve Biko Hospital · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alternative splicing (AS) is a method of increasing the number of proteins that the genome is capable of coding for, by altering the pre-mRNA during its maturation. This process provides the ability of a broad range of proteins to arise from a single gene. AS events are known to occur in up to 94% of human genes. Cumulative data have shown that aberrant AS functionality is a major factor in human diseases. This review focuses on the contribution made by aberrant AS functionality in the development and progression of esophageal cancer. The changes in the pattern of expression of alternately spliced isoforms in esophageal cancer can be used as diagnostic or prognostic biomarkers. Additionally, these can be used as targets for the development of new treatments for esophageal cancer.

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adenocarcinomabiomarkerscell surface receptorsesophageal squamous cell carcinomasplice variantstherapeutic targets

Identifiers

PMID34113176
PMCPMC8186946
OpenAlexW3171752398

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