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ReviewAdvanced pharmaceutical bulletin2021

Understanding Hyaluronan Receptor (CD44) Interaction, HA-CD44 Activated Potential Targets in Cancer Therapeutics.

Gul-E-Saba Chaudhry, Abdah Akim, Muhammad Naveed Zafar, Naila Safdar, Yeong Yik Sung, Tengku Sifzizul Tengku Muhammad

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Review in Advanced pharmaceutical bulletin, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Microenvironment-based immunotherapy in oral cancer: a comprehensive review.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025
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  16. Induction of PD-1 and CD44 in CD4Journal of virology · 2025
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  20. Tumor-ColonizingBiomolecules · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Gul-E-Saba ChaudhryInstitute of Marine Biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4555-8572
Abdah AkimDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia.
Muhammad Naveed ZafarDepartment of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
Naila SafdarDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Yeong Yik SungInstitute of Marine Biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.
Tengku Sifzizul Tengku MuhammadInstitute of Marine Biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu · MYFatima Jinnah Women University · PKQuaid-i-Azam University · PKUniversiti Putra Malaysia · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is a complex mechanism involving a series of cellular events. The glycoproteins such as hyaluronan (HA) are a significant element of extracellular matrix (ECM), involve in the onset of cancer developmental process. The pivotal roles of HA in cancer progression depend on dysregulated expression in various cancer. HA, also gain attention due to consideration as a primary ligand of CD44 receptor. The CD44, complex transmembrane receptor protein, due to alternative splicing in the transcription process, various CD44 isoforms predominantly exist. The overexpression of distinct CD44 isoforms (CD44v) standard (CD44s) depends on the tumour type and stage. The receptor proteins, CD44 engage in a variety of biological processes, including cell growth, apoptosis, migration, and angiogenesis. HA-CD44 interaction trigger survival pathways that result in cell proliferation, invasion ultimately complex metastasis. The interaction and binding of ligand-receptor HA-CD44 regulate the downstream cytoskeleton pathways involve in cell survival or cell death. Thus, targeting HA, CD44 (variant and standard) isoform, and HA-CD44 binding consider as an attractive and useful approach towards cancer therapeutics. The use of various inhibitors of HA, hyaluronidases (HYALs), and utilizing targeted Nano-delivery of anticancer agents and antibodies against CD44, peptides gives promising results

Indexed as

ApoptosisCancer pathwaysCD44Cell proliferationHyaluronanNanotechnologyTargeted therapeuticsTumor progression

Identifiers

PMID34513617
PMCPMC8421618
OpenAlexW3087163314

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