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ArticleiScience2021

Human colorectal cancer-on-chip model to study the microenvironmental influence on early metastatic spread.

Carly Strelez, Sujatha Chilakala, Kimya Ghaffarian, Roy Lau, Erin Spiller, Nolan Ung, Danielle Hixon, Ah Young Yoon, Ren X Sun, Heinz-Josef Lenz and 2 more

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Article in iScience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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42citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  7. Cancer metastasisFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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  9. Microphysiological systems for metastasis research: a stepwise approach.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2025
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  17. Intestinal organ chips for disease modelling and personalized medicine.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2024
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  19. Tumor-microenvironment-on-a-chip: the construction and application.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024
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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

12 authors.

Carly StrelezLawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA.
Sujatha ChilakalaLawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA.
Kimya GhaffarianLawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA.
Roy LauLawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA.
Erin SpillerLawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA.
Nolan UngLawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA.
Danielle HixonLawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA.
Ah Young YoonLawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA.
Ren X SunLawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA.
Heinz-Josef LenzDivision of Medical Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Jonathan E KatzLawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA.
Shannon M MumenthalerLawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA.

Funding

USC/NORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER (CORE) SUPPORTP30CA014089 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI MYLES G COCKBURN · 1985 to 2026
$181.4M
A microengineered colon cancer-chip designed to investigate tumor-stromal interactions driving cancer progressionR01CA241137 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI MUMENTHALER, SHANNON MICHELLE · 2021 to 2025
$2.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014089NCI NIH HHS R01 CA241137
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) progression is a complex process that is not well understood. We describe an

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BioengineeringBiomedical materialsCancerClassification DescriptionTissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID34113836
PMCPMC8169959

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