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ReviewCancer metastasis reviews2022

Physicochemical aspects of the tumour microenvironment as drivers of vasculogenic mimicry.

Elena Andreucci, Silvia Peppicelli, Jessica Ruzzolini, Francesca Bianchini, Lido Calorini

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Review in Cancer metastasis reviews, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 37 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elena AndreucciDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Silvia PeppicelliDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Florence, Italy. silvia.peppicelli@unifi.it.ORCID 0000-0001-6459-0458
Jessica RuzzoliniDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Francesca BianchiniDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Lido CaloriniDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
University of Florence · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumour vascularisation is vital for cancer sustainment representing not only the main source of nutrients and oxygen supply but also an escape route for single or clustered cancer cells that, once detached from the primary mass, enter the blood circulation and disseminate to distant organs. Among the mechanisms identified to contribute to tumour vascularisation, vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is gaining increasing interest in the scientific community representing an intriguing target for cancer treatment. VM indeed associates with highly aggressive tumour phenotypes and strongly impairs patient outcomes. Differently from vessels of healthy tissues, tumour vasculature is extremely heterogeneous and tortuous, impeding efficient chemotherapy delivery, and at the meantime hyperpermeable and thus extremely accessible to metastasising cancer cells. Moreover, tumour vessel disorganisation creates a self-reinforcing vicious circle fuelling cancer malignancy and progression. Because of the inefficient oxygen delivery and metabolic waste removal from tumour vessels, many cells within the tumour mass indeed experience hypoxia and acidosis, now considered hallmarks of cancer. Being strong inducers of vascularisation, therapy resistance, inflammation and metastasis, hypoxia and acidosis create a permissive microenvironment for cancer progression and dissemination. Along with these considerations, we decided to focus our attention on the relationship between hypoxia/acidosis and VM. Indeed, besides tumour angiogenesis, VM is strongly influenced by both hypoxia and acidosis, which could potentiate each other and fuel this vicious circle. Thus, targeting hypoxia and acidosis may represent a potential target to treat VM to impair tumour perfusion and cancer cell sustainment.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentHumansHypoxiaNeovascularization, PathologicOxygenOxygenExtracellular acidosisHypoxiaTumour microenvironmentTumour progressionVasculogenic mimicry

Identifiers

PMID36224457
PMCPMC9758104
OpenAlexW4304756639

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