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ReviewCancer research2022

Epithelial-Mesenchymal Plasticity in Tumor Immune Evasion.

Riley D Z Mullins, Ananya Pal, Thomas F Barrett, Molly E Heft Neal, Sidharth V Puram

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Review in Cancer research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Multi-omic Profiling of Recurrence Risk Across Breast Cancer Subtypes.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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  12. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, Immune Response, and Extracellular Matrix Remodelling in Oral Cancer.Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Riley D Z Mullins *Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.ORCID 0000-0002-7205-9971
Ananya Pal *Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Thomas F BarrettDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Molly E Heft NealDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Sidharth V PuramDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.ORCID 0000-0003-3543-889X
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICIAN/RESEARCHERS IN ACADEMIC ENTT32DC000022 · NIDCD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI PICCIRILLO, JAY F. · 1989 to 2022
$5.6M
Dissecting hybrid epithelial-mesenchymal states in head and neck cancerR01DE032371 · NIDCR · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Sidharth Venkata Puram · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
Understanding programs of invasion and metastasis in head and neck cancerK08CA237732 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI PURAM, SIDHARTH VENKATA · 2019 to 2023
$984k
RNA modification and the regulation of partial EMT in head and neck cancerR21DE031072 · NIDCR · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI PURAM, SIDHARTH VENKATA · 2021 to 2022
$433k
An inducible molecular memory system to unravel the mechanisms of drug resistance in head and neck cancerR21DE031366 · NIDCR · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MITRA, ROBI D, PURAM, SIDHARTH VENKATA · 2022 to 2023
$433k
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA237732NIDCD NIH HHS T32 DC000022NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE032371NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE031072NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE031366
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a fundamental process that occurs during embryogenesis and tissue repair. However, EMT can be hijacked by malignant cells, where it may promote immune evasion and metastasis. Classically considered a dichotomous transition, EMT in cancer has recently been considered a plastic process whereby malignant cells display and interconvert among hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal (E/M) states. Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity (EMP) and associated hybrid E/M states are divergent from classical EMT, with unique immunomodulatory effects. Here, we review recent insights into the EMP-immune cross-talk, highlighting possible mechanisms of immune evasion conferred by hybrid E/M states and roles of immune cells in EMP.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsTumor EscapeEmbryonic DevelopmentEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionHumans

Identifiers

PMID35363853
PMCPMC9256788
OpenAlexW4221083629

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