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ReviewCancers2021

MicroRNAs in Molecular Classification and Pathogenesis of Breast Tumors.

Vinitha Richard, Matthew G Davey, Heidi Annuk, Nicola Miller, Róisín M Dwyer, Aoife Lowery, Michael J Kerin

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. microRNAs as Biomarkers of Breast Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  6. MicroRNAs as Endocrine Modulators of Breast Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  10. Circulating tumor cellsTranslational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer · 2024
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  16. Omics-Based Investigations of Breast Cancer.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vinitha RichardDiscipline of Surgery, The Lambe Institute for Translational Research, National University of Ireland, H91 YR71 Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-5534-9205
Matthew G DaveyDiscipline of Surgery, The Lambe Institute for Translational Research, National University of Ireland, H91 YR71 Galway, Ireland.
Heidi AnnukDiscipline of Surgery, The Lambe Institute for Translational Research, National University of Ireland, H91 YR71 Galway, Ireland.
Nicola MillerDiscipline of Surgery, The Lambe Institute for Translational Research, National University of Ireland, H91 YR71 Galway, Ireland.
Róisín M DwyerDiscipline of Surgery, The Lambe Institute for Translational Research, National University of Ireland, H91 YR71 Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-5854-0339
Aoife LoweryDiscipline of Surgery, The Lambe Institute for Translational Research, National University of Ireland, H91 YR71 Galway, Ireland.
Michael J KerinDiscipline of Surgery, The Lambe Institute for Translational Research, National University of Ireland, H91 YR71 Galway, Ireland.
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · IE

Funding

Precision Oncology Ireland 18/SPP/3522
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current clinical practice of breast tumor classification relies on the routine immunohistochemistry-based expression analysis of hormone receptors, which is inadequate in addressing breast tumor heterogeneity and drug resistance. MicroRNA expression profiling in tumor tissue and in the circulation is an efficient alternative to intrinsic molecular subtyping that enables precise molecular classification of breast tumor variants, the prediction of tumor progression, risk stratification and also identifies critical regulators of the tumor microenvironment. This review integrates data from protein, gene and miRNA expression studies to elaborate on a unique miRNA-based 10-subtype taxonomy, which we propose as the current gold standard to allow appropriate classification and separation of breast cancer into a targetable strategy for therapy.

Indexed as

breast cancercancer stem cellshormone receptorsintrinsic subtypesmicroRNAsmolecular classification

Identifiers

PMID34771496
PMCPMC8582384
OpenAlexW3211294846

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Registered trials

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