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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Facilitate Squamous Cell Carcinoma Lung Metastasis in Mice by Providing TGFβ-Mediated Cancer Stem Cell Niche.

Xueke Shi, Jingjing Luo, Kelsey J Weigel, Spencer C Hall, Danfeng Du, Fanglong Wu, Michael C Rudolph, Hongmei Zhou, Christian D Young, Xiao-Jing Wang

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 35 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.

Xueke ShiState Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jingjing LuoState Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Kelsey J WeigelDepartment of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.
Spencer C HallDepartment of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.
Danfeng DuDepartment of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.
Fanglong WuState Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Michael C RudolphDivision of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.
Hongmei ZhouState Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Christian D YoungDepartment of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.
Xiao-Jing WangDepartment of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · USState Key Laboratory of Oral DiseasesVA Eastern Colorado Health Care System · US

Funding

University of Colorado Cancer Center Support Grant - Lung Cancer Patient-Derived Xenografts with Autologous Human Immune SystemsP30CA046934 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI James V Degregori · 1988 to 2026
$117.0M
PILOT STUDY--SUBSTRATE METABOLISM IN EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTSP30DK048520 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Edward L Melanson · 1995 to 2026
$32.6M
Elucidating Mechanism of Immune Evasion in Head and Neck CancersR01DE027329 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WANG, JING HONG, WANG, XIAO-JING · 2018 to 2022
$2.8M
Mechanisms of Dual Inhibition of TGFbeta/PD-L1 in HNSCCR01DE028420 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI WANG, JING HONG, WANG, XIAO-JING · 2019 to 2023
$2.7M
Identifying oral cancer stem cell properties affected by the microenvironmentR01DE024371 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI JIMENO, ANTONIO, WANG, XIAO-JING · 2014 to 2017
$2.1M
BLRD VA I01 BX003232NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046934NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE024371NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE027329NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE028420NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK048520
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) have been shown to enhance squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) growth, but it is unclear whether they promote SCC lung metastasis. We generated CAFs from

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cancer associated fibroblastcancer stem celllung metastasissquamous cell carcinomatransforming growth factor-beta

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