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ReviewCancer cell international2021

Mesenchymal stem cells in cancer progression and anticancer therapeutic resistance.

Xiuyun Xuan, Chunxia Tian, Mengjie Zhao, Yanhong Sun, Changzheng Huang

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Review in Cancer cell international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. The role of stem cells in precision medicine: next-generation cancer treatment.Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute · 2025
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  17. Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Cancer Therapy.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Xiuyun Xuan *Department of Dermatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5191-8941
Chunxia Tian *Department of Cardiology, Hubei Provincial Hospital of TCM, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei, China.
Mengjie ZhaoDepartment of Dermatology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei, China. mengjieclinic@whu.edu.cn.
Yanhong SunDepartment of Dermatology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China. sunyh1128@zju.edu.cn.
Changzheng HuangDepartment of Dermatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei, China. d202081737@hust.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing evidence indicates that the tumor microenvironment appears to play an increasingly important role in cancer progression and therapeutic resistance. Several types of cells within the tumor stroma had distinct impacts on cancer progression, either promoting or inhibiting cancer cell growth. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a distinct type of cells that is linked to tumor development. MSCs are recognized for homing to tumor locations and promoting or inhibiting cancer cell proliferation, angiogenesis and metastasis. Moreover, emerging studies suggests that MSCs are also involved in therapeutic resistance. In this review, we analyzed the existing researches and elaborate on the functions of MSCs in cancer progression and anticancer therapeutic resistance, demonstrating that MSCs may be a viable cancer therapeutic target.

Indexed as

Cancer progressionCytokineMesenchymal stem cellsTherapeutic resistanceTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID34736460
PMCPMC8570012

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