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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Fibulin 2 Is Hypermethylated and Suppresses Tumor Cell Proliferation through Inhibition of Cell Adhesion and Extracellular Matrix Genes in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Yunxia Ma, Miljana Nenkov, Desiree Charlotte Schröder, Mohamed Abubrig, Nikolaus Gassler, Yuan Chen

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Yunxia MaSection Pathology of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7409-4001
Miljana NenkovSection Pathology of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7976-2611
Desiree Charlotte SchröderSection Pathology of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8274-8271
Mohamed AbubrigSection Pathology of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Nikolaus GasslerSection Pathology of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Yuan ChenSection Pathology of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4752-9222
Jena University Hospital · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibulins (FBLNs), interacting with cell adhesion receptors and extracellular matrix (ECM) components, play multiple roles in ECM structures and tissue functions. Abnormal expression of FBLN2, one of the fibulin family members, contributes to tumor initiation and development. However, the function of FBLN2 in human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has not yet been elucidated. In this study, we found that FBLN2 was downregulated in 9 out of 11 lung cancer cell lines compared to normal bronchial epithelial cells, which was associated with DNA hypermethylation. Primary lung squamous cell carcinoma expressed significantly more FBLN2 protein compared to adenocarcinoma (

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Cell ProliferationMAP Kinase Signaling SystemA549 CellsCalcium-Binding ProteinsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCell AdhesionExtracellular MatrixExtracellular Matrix ProteinsHumansLung NeoplasmsTumor Suppressor ProteinsCalcium-Binding ProteinsExtracellular Matrix Proteinsfibulin 2Tumor Suppressor Proteinscell adhesionDNA methylationECMFBLN2NSCLC

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PMID34769264
PMCPMC8584407
OpenAlexW3209828039

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