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ArticlePeerJ2021

Prognostic significance and tumor-immune infiltration of mTOR in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Na Li, Jie Chen, Qiang Liu, Hongyi Qu, Xiaoqing Yang, Peng Gao, Yao Wang, Huayu Gao, Hong Wang, Zuohui Zhao

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Article in PeerJ, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Na LiDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Jie ChenDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4077-437X
Qiang LiuDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2236-5049
Hongyi QuDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Pediatric Drug Development, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Xiaoqing YangDepartment of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Peng GaoDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Yao WangDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Huayu GaoDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Pediatric Drug Development, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Hong WangDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Zuohui ZhaoDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Pediatric Drug Development, Jinan, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8391-9770
Shandong Provincial QianFoShan Hospital · CNShandong University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a serine/threonine kinase involved in cell proliferation, survival, metabolism and immunity, was reportedly activated in various cancers. However, the clinical role of mTOR in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is controversial. Here we detected the expression and prognosis of total mTOR and phosphorylated mTOR (p-mTOR) in clear cell RCC (ccRCC) patients, and explored the interactions between mTOR and immune infiltrates in ccRCC. The protein level of mTOR and p-mTOR was determined by western blotting (WB), and their expression was evaluated in 145 ccRCC and 13 non-tumor specimens by immunohistochemistry (IHC). The relationship to immune infiltration of mTOR was further investigated using TIMER and TISIDB databases, respectively. WB demonstrated the ratio of p-mTOR to mTOR was higher in ccRCC than adjacent specimens (

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Cancer-specific survivalMammalian target of rapamycinPrognosisRenal cell carcinomaTumor-infiltrating immune cell

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PMID34458019
PMCPMC8378334
OpenAlexW3194602540

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