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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2022

Glutamatergic system components as potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets in cancer in non-neural organs.

Ana Cristina García-Gaytán, Andy Hernández-Abrego, Mauricio Díaz-Muñoz, Isabel Méndez

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Cancer and neurotransmitter receptors.Chinese medical journal · 2025
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  13. NMDA Receptor and Its Emerging Role in Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ana Cristina García-GaytánInstituto de Neurobiología, Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Campus UNAM-Juriquilla, Querétaro, Mexico.
Andy Hernández-AbregoInstituto de Neurobiología, Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Campus UNAM-Juriquilla, Querétaro, Mexico.
Mauricio Díaz-MuñozInstituto de Neurobiología, Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Campus UNAM-Juriquilla, Querétaro, Mexico.
Isabel MéndezInstituto de Neurobiología, Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Campus UNAM-Juriquilla, Querétaro, Mexico.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glutamate is one of the most abundant amino acids in the blood. Besides its role as a neurotransmitter in the brain, it is a key substrate in several metabolic pathways and a primary messenger that acts through its receptors outside the central nervous system (CNS). The two main types of glutamate receptors, ionotropic and metabotropic, are well characterized in CNS and have been recently analyzed for their roles in non-neural organs. Glutamate receptor expression may be particularly important for tumor growth in organs with high concentrations of glutamate and might also influence the propensity of such tumors to set metastases in glutamate-rich organs, such as the liver. The study of glutamate transporters has also acquired relevance in the physiology and pathologies outside the CNS, especially in the field of cancer research. In this review, we address the recent findings about the expression of glutamatergic system components, such as receptors and transporters, their role in the physiology and pathology of cancer in non-neural organs, and their possible use as biomarkers and therapeutic targets.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsAmino AcidsBiomarkersCentral Nervous SystemGlutamatesHumansAmino AcidsBiomarkersGlutamatescancerexcitatory amino acid transporter (EAAT)glutamate/cystine antiporter (xCT)ionotropic glutamate receptor (iGluR)metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR)non-neural organs

Identifiers

PMID36457557
PMCPMC9705578
OpenAlexW4309110206

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