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ReviewDiseases (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Exploring the Inflammatory Pathogenesis of Colorectal Cancer.

Ahamed A Khalyfa, Shil Punatar, Rida Aslam, Alex Yarbrough

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Review in Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ahamed A KhalyfaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Franciscan Health, Olympia Fields, IL 60461, USA.
Shil PunatarDepartment of Gastroenterology, Franciscan Health, Olympia Fields, IL 60461, USA.
Rida AslamDepartment of Gastroenterology, Franciscan Health, Olympia Fields, IL 60461, USA.
Alex YarbroughDepartment of Gastroenterology, Franciscan Health, Olympia Fields, IL 60461, USA.
Franciscan Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers worldwide. Traditionally, mechanisms of colorectal cancer formation have focused on genetic alterations including chromosomal damage and microsatellite instability. In recent years, there has been a growing body of evidence supporting the role of inflammation in colorectal cancer formation. Multiple cytokines, immune cells such T cells and macrophages, and other immune mediators have been identified in pathways leading to the initiation, growth, and metastasis of colorectal cancer. Outside the previously explored mechanisms and pathways leading to colorectal cancer, initiatives have been shifted to further study the role of inflammation in pathogenesis. Inflammatory pathways have also been linked to some traditional risk factors of colorectal cancer such as obesity, smoking and diabetes, as well as more novel associations such as the gut microbiome, the gut mycobiome and exosomes. In this review, we will explore the roles of obesity and diet, smoking, diabetes, the microbiome, the mycobiome and exosomes in colorectal cancer, with a specific focus on the underlying inflammatory and metabolic pathways involved. We will also investigate how the study of colon cancer from an inflammatory background not only creates a more holistic and inclusive understanding of this disease, but also creates unique opportunities for prevention, early diagnosis and therapy.

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colorectal cancerexosomesinflammationmicrobiomemycobiomeobesity and diet

Identifiers

PMID34842660
PMCPMC8628792
OpenAlexW3208048245

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