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ReviewStem cell research & therapy2022

The lipid rafts in cancer stem cell: a target to eradicate cancer.

Shuo Zhang, Neng Zhu, Hong Fang Li, Jia Gu, Chan Juan Zhang, Duan Fang Liao, Li Qin

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Review in Stem cell research & therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

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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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shuo ZhangLaboratory of Stem Cell Regulation With Chinese Medicine and Its Application, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, 300 Xueshi Road, Hanpu Science and Education District, 410208, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
Neng ZhuDepartment of Urology, The First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.
Hong Fang LiLaboratory of Stem Cell Regulation With Chinese Medicine and Its Application, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, 300 Xueshi Road, Hanpu Science and Education District, 410208, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
Jia GuLaboratory of Stem Cell Regulation With Chinese Medicine and Its Application, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, 300 Xueshi Road, Hanpu Science and Education District, 410208, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
Chan Juan ZhangLaboratory of Stem Cell Regulation With Chinese Medicine and Its Application, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, 300 Xueshi Road, Hanpu Science and Education District, 410208, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
Duan Fang LiaoLaboratory of Stem Cell Regulation With Chinese Medicine and Its Application, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, 300 Xueshi Road, Hanpu Science and Education District, 410208, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
Li QinLaboratory of Stem Cell Regulation With Chinese Medicine and Its Application, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, 300 Xueshi Road, Hanpu Science and Education District, 410208, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China. lqin@hnucm.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-9797-2636
Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a subpopulation of cancer cells with stem cell properties that sustain cancers, which may be responsible for cancer metastasis or recurrence. Lipid rafts are cholesterol- and sphingolipid-enriched microdomains in the plasma membrane that mediate various intracellular signaling. The occurrence and progression of cancer are closely related to lipid rafts. Emerging evidence indicates that lipid raft levels are significantly enriched in CSCs compared to cancer cells and that most CSC markers such as CD24, CD44, and CD133 are located in lipid rafts. Furthermore, lipid rafts play an essential role in CSCs, specifically in CSC self-renewal, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, drug resistance, and CSC niche. Therefore, lipid rafts are critical regulatory platforms for CSCs and promising therapeutic targets for cancer therapy.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsNeoplastic Stem CellsEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionHumansMembrane MicrodomainsSignal TransductionCancerCancer stem cellCancer stem cell nicheDrug resistanceEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionLipid raftSelf-renewal

Identifiers

PMID36042526
PMCPMC9429646
OpenAlexW4293582191

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