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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

IL6 and BCL3 Expression Are Potential Biomarkers in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Sheila Coelho Soares-Lima, Isabela Martins Gonzaga, Diego Camuzi, Pedro Nicolau-Neto, Raissa Vieira da Silva, Simone Guaraldi, Maria Aparecida Ferreira, Hector Hernandez-Vargas, Zdenko Herceg, Luis Felipe Ribeiro Pinto

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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 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sheila Coelho Soares-LimaPrograma de Carcinogênese Molecular, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Isabela Martins GonzagaPrograma de Carcinogênese Molecular, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Diego CamuziPrograma de Carcinogênese Molecular, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Pedro Nicolau-NetoPrograma de Carcinogênese Molecular, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Raissa Vieira da SilvaPrograma de Carcinogênese Molecular, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Simone GuaraldiPrograma de Carcinogênese Molecular, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Maria Aparecida FerreiraSeção de Endoscopia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Hector Hernandez-VargasCancer Research Centre of Lyon (CRCL), Inserm U 1052, CNRS UMR 5286, Centre Léon Bérard, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.
Zdenko HercegEpigenetics Group, Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis Section, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France.
Luis Felipe Ribeiro PintoPrograma de Carcinogênese Molecular, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Instituto Nacional do Câncer · BRCentre International de Recherche sur le Cancer · FRCentre Léon Bérard · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) ranks among the most lethal tumors worldwide, as a consequence of late detection and poor treatment response, evidencing the need for diagnosis anticipation and new therapeutic targets. First, we investigated the IL6 gene and protein expression in the esophagus of individuals without esophageal disorders (healthy), ESCC, and non-tumoral surrounding tissue (NTST). Our results showed that IL6 mRNA and protein expression is upregulated in tumor cells relative to NTST. In the TCGA dataset, we identified a set of genes whose expression was correlated with

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BCL3biomarkerdiagnosisesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC)IL6therapeutic target

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PMID34422669
PMCPMC8371528
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