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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

AXL Overexpression in Tumor-Derived Endothelial Cells Promotes Vessel Metastasis in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Zong-Tao Chai, Xiu-Ping Zhang, Jian-Yang Ao, Xiao-Dong Zhu, Meng-Chao Wu, Wan Yee Lau, Hui-Chuan Sun, Shu-Qun Cheng

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Zong-Tao ChaiDepartment of Hepatic Surgery VI, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Xiu-Ping ZhangDepartment of Hepatic Surgery VI, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Jian-Yang AoDepartment of Biliary Surgery I, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Xiao-Dong ZhuDepartment of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion, Fudan University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.
Meng-Chao WuDepartment of Hepatic Surgery VI, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Wan Yee LauFaculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, China.
Hui-Chuan SunDepartment of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion, Fudan University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.
Shu-Qun ChengDepartment of Hepatic Surgery VI, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital · CNSecond Military Medical University · CNChinese University of Hong Kong · CNFudan University · CNZhongshan Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) is one of the most serious forms of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) vessel metastasis and has a poor survival rate. However, the molecular mechanism of PVTT has not yet been elucidated. In this study, the molecular mechanism of AXL expressed in tumor-derived endothelial cells (TECs) in vessel metastasis was investigated. High AXL expression was observed in TECs, but not in the tumor cells of HCC patients with PVTT and this was associated with poor overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). AXL overexpression was positively associated with CD 31 expression both

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AXLendothelial cellshepatocellular carcinomaportal vein tumor thrombusvessel metastasis

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