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ArticleOncology reports2022

Activin A promotes cell proliferation, invasion and migration and predicts poor prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer.

Nobuya Daitoku, Yuji Miyamoto, Yukiharu Hiyoshi, Ryuma Tokunaga, Yuki Sakamoto, Hiroshi Sawayama, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Yoshifumi Baba, Naoya Yoshida, Hideo Baba

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Article in Oncology reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nobuya DaitokuDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860‑8556, Japan.
Yuji MiyamotoDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860‑8556, Japan.
Yukiharu HiyoshiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860‑8556, Japan.
Ryuma TokunagaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860‑8556, Japan.
Yuki SakamotoDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860‑8556, Japan.
Hiroshi SawayamaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860‑8556, Japan.
Takatsugu IshimotoDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860‑8556, Japan.
Yoshifumi BabaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860‑8556, Japan.
Naoya YoshidaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860‑8556, Japan.
Hideo BabaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860‑8556, Japan.
Kumamoto University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activin A is a member of the transforming growth factor‑β superfamily of cytokines and displays various pathophysiological activities, including regulation of muscle catabolism and atrophy. Activin A expression is upregulated in several human cancer types and in certain pathologies, its expression is associated with poor prognosis. In the present study, activin A expression was assessed in colorectal cancer (CRC) tissue specimens from 157 patients with primary CRC and the relationship between activin A levels and clinicopathological characteristics, including skeletal muscle mass, and prognosis, was determined. Furthermore, the effects of knockdown of endogenous or exposure to exogenous activin A on the malignant behavior of human CRC cell lines were investigated

Indexed as

Colorectal NeoplasmsActivinsCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansPrognosisRNA, Messengeractivin AActivinsRNA, Messengeractivin Acolorectal cancerprognosissarcopeniaTGF‑β superfamily

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PMID35445735
PMCPMC9073419
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