ReviewCancers2022
Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan 4 as a Marker for Aggressive Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Humanized and Charge-Optimized CSPG4-Specific CAR-T Cells show Enhanced Efficacy against Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Chloride Intracellular Channel 2 Can Function as a Malignant Factor in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Head & neck · 2026Article
- Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4 (CSPG4) overexpression as an oncogenic driver and prognostic marker for unfavorable outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma.World journal of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Machine learning-based identification of small RNA signatures in aqueous humor as a step toward precision diagnosis of glaucoma.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Exploring Emerging Therapeutic Targets in Osteosarcoma by Revisiting the Immune and Cancer-Intrinsic Hallmarks of Cancer.Cancers · 2025Review
- Integrative Analysis of Biomarkers for Cancer Stem Cells in Bladder Cancer and Their Therapeutic Potential.Genes · 2025Article
- Identification and single-cell analysis of prognostic genes related to mitochondrial and neutrophil extracellular traps in bladder cancer.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Nano-drug delivery strategies affecting cancer-associated fibroblasts to reduce tumor metastasis.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2025Review
- Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4 increases invasion of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa-associated cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma by modifying transforming growth factor-β signalling.The British journal of dermatology · 2024Article
- Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan 4 (CSPG4) as an Emerging Target for Immunotherapy to Treat Melanoma.Cancers · 2024Review
- Molecular and Histopathological Characterization of Metastatic Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinomas: A Case-Control Study.Cancers · 2024Article
- Hawthorn Proanthocyanidin Extract Inhibits Colorectal Carcinoma Metastasis by Targeting the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Process and Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Role of autophagy in angiogenic potential of vascular pericytes.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Review
- Biomarker Discovery in Rare Malignancies: Development of a miRNA Signature for RDEB-cSCC.Cancers · 2023Article
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Chondroitin sulfate (CS) proteoglycan 4 (CSPG4) is a cell surface proteoglycan that is currently under investigation as a marker of cancer malignancy, and as a potential target of anticancer drug treatment. CSPG4 acts as a driver of tumourigenesis by regulating turnover of the extracellular matrix (ECM) to promote tumour cell invasion, migration as well as inflammation and angiogenesis. While CSPG4 has been widely studied in certain malignancies, such as melanoma, evidence is emerging from global gene expression studies, which suggests a role for CSPG4 in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). While relatively treatable, lack of widely agreed upon diagnostic markers for SCCs is problematic, especially for clinicians managing certain patients, including those who are aged or infirm, as well as those with underlying conditions such as epidermolysis bullosa (EB), for which a delayed diagnosis is likely lethal. In this review, we have discussed the structure of CSPG4, and quantitatively analysed CSPG4 expression in the tissues and pathologies where it has been identified to determine the usefulness of CSPG4 expression as a diagnostic marker and therapeutic target in management of malignant SCC.
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