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ArticleScientific reports2021

Identification of key proteins in the signaling crossroads between wound healing and cancer hallmark phenotypes.

Andrés López-Cortés, Estefanía Abarca, Leonardo Silva, Erick Velastegui, Ariana León-Sosa, Germania Karolys, Francisco Cabrera, Andrés Caicedo

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 25 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andrés López-CortésFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador. aalc84@gmail.com.
Estefanía Abarca *Carrera de Biotecnología, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana UPS, Quito, Ecuador.
Leonardo Silva *Carrera de Biotecnología, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana UPS, Quito, Ecuador.
Erick Velastegui *Carrera de Biotecnología, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana UPS, Quito, Ecuador.
Ariana León-SosaInstituto de Investigaciones en Biomedicina iBioMed, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.
Germania KarolysCarrera de Biotecnología, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana UPS, Quito, Ecuador.
Francisco CabreraInstituto de Investigaciones en Biomedicina iBioMed, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.
Andrés CaicedoInstituto de Investigaciones en Biomedicina iBioMed, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador. acaicedo@usfq.edu.ec.
Politecnica Salesiana University · ECUniversidad San Francisco de Quito · ECUniversidad UTE · EC

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wound healing (WH) and cancer seem to share common cellular and molecular processes that could work in a tight balance to maintain tissue homeostasis or, when unregulated, drive tumor progression. The "Cancer Hallmarks" comprise crucial biological properties that mediate the advancement of the disease and affect patient prognosis. These hallmarks have been proposed to overlap with essential features of the WH process. However, common hallmarks and proteins actively participating in both processes have yet to be described. In this work we identify 21 WH proteins strongly linked with solid tumors by integrated TCGA Pan-Cancer and multi-omics analyses. These proteins were associated with eight of the ten described cancer hallmarks, especially avoiding immune destruction. These results show that WH and cancer's common proteins are involved in the microenvironment modification of solid tissues and immune system regulation. This set of proteins, between WH and cancer, could represent key targets for developing therapies.

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Gene Expression ProfilingGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenomicsHomeostasisHumansMutationNeoplasmsPhenotypeProtein Interaction MapsProteomeProteomicsSignal TransductionTumor MicroenvironmentWound HealingProteome

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PMID34446793
PMCPMC8390472
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