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ReviewGenes2021

The Interplay between Nevi and Melanoma Predisposition Unravels Nevi-Related and Nevi-Resistant Familial Melanoma.

Stefania Pellegrini, Lisa Elefanti, Luigi Dall'Olmo, Chiara Menin

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In one paragraph

Review in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 46% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. MYC as a key target for melanoma therapy.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
    Review
  3. Assessment of the Influence of UVR in Cutaneous Melanoma.Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine · 2025
    Review
  4. Systematic Review of Pediatric Photoprotection in Children of Color.International journal of women's dermatology · 2025
    Article
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stefania PellegriniDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology (DISCOG), University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5198-5901
Lisa ElefantiImmunology and Diagnostic Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Luigi Dall'OlmoDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology (DISCOG), University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Chiara MeninImmunology and Diagnostic Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8907-772X
Istituto Oncologico Veneto · ITUniversity of Padua · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic susceptibility to nevi may affect the risk of developing melanoma, since common and atypical nevi are the main host risk factors implicated in the development of cutaneous melanoma. Recent genome-wide studies defined a melanoma polygenic risk score based on variants in genes involved in different pathways, including nevogenesis. Moreover, a predisposition to nevi is a hereditary trait that may account for melanoma clustering in some families characterized by cases with a high nevi density. On the other hand, familial melanoma aggregation may be due to a Mendelian inheritance of high/moderate-penetrance pathogenic variants affecting melanoma risk, regardless of the nevus count. Based on current knowledge, this review analyzes the complex interplay between nevi and melanoma predisposition in a familial context. We review familial melanoma, starting from Whiteman's divergent pathway model to overall melanoma development, distinguishing between nevi-related (cases with a high nevus count and a high polygenic risk score) and nevi-resistant (high/moderate-penetrance variant-carrier cases) familial melanoma. This distinction could better direct future research on genetic factors useful to identify high-risk subjects.

Indexed as

Cutaneous Malignant MelanomaGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansMelanomaNevusPenetrancePhenotypeRisk FactorsSkin Neoplasmsfamilial melanomanevipolygenic risk scorerisk factorssusceptibility genes

Identifiers

PMID34356093
PMCPMC8303673
OpenAlexW3184946959

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