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ReviewCells2023

Impact of Aberrant β-Catenin Pathway on Cholangiocarcinoma Heterogeneity.

Elisa Lozano, Paula Sanchon-Sanchez, Ana Morente-Carrasco, Luis Miguel Chinchilla-Tábora, José L Mauriz, Paula Fernández-Palanca, Jose J G Marin, Rocio I R Macias

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-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

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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. YTHDF3 Promoted Gastric Cancer Progression by Facilitating mAnalytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam) · 2026
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  5. Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling in Liver Pathobiology.Annual review of pathology · 2025
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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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Elisa LozanoExperimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting (HEVEPHARM) Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Salamanca (IBSAL), University of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7714-1691
Paula Sanchon-SanchezExperimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting (HEVEPHARM) Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Salamanca (IBSAL), University of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2649-8778
Ana Morente-CarrascoExperimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting (HEVEPHARM) Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Salamanca (IBSAL), University of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5364-3948
Luis Miguel Chinchilla-TáboraPathology Service, University Hospital and IBSAL, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7435-3509
José L MaurizCenter for the Study of Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases (CIBERehd), Carlos III National Institute of Health, 28029 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3160-8599
Paula Fernández-PalancaCenter for the Study of Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases (CIBERehd), Carlos III National Institute of Health, 28029 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9765-9562
Jose J G MarinExperimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting (HEVEPHARM) Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Salamanca (IBSAL), University of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1186-6849
Rocio I R MaciasExperimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting (HEVEPHARM) Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Salamanca (IBSAL), University of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4748-0326
Universidad de Salamanca · ESInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ESInstituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca · ESUniversidad Rey Juan Carlos · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The poor prognosis of most cases of advanced cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) constitutes a severe problem in modern oncology, which is aggravated by the fact that the incidence of this liver cancer is increasing worldwide and is often diagnosed late, when surgical removal is not feasible. The difficulty of dealing with this deadly tumor is augmented by the heterogeneity of CCA subtypes and the complexity of mechanisms involved in enhanced proliferation, apoptosis avoidance, chemoresistance, invasiveness, and metastasis that characterize CCA. Among the regulatory processes implicated in developing these malignant traits, the Wnt/β-catenin pathway plays a pivotal role. Alteration of β-catenin expression and subcellular localization has been associated with worse outcomes in some CCA subtypes. This heterogeneity, which also affects cellular and in vivo models commonly used to study CCA biology and anticancer drug development, must be taken into account for CCA investigation to more accurately extrapolate basic laboratory research to the clinical situation. A better understanding of the altered Wnt/β-catenin pathway in relationship with the heterogeneous forms of CCA is mandatory for developing novel diagnostic tools and therapeutic strategies for patients suffering from this lethal disease.

Indexed as

Bile Duct NeoplasmsCholangiocarcinomabeta CateninBile Ducts, IntrahepaticHumansWnt Signaling Pathwaybeta Cateninbiliary cancerCCApersonalized treatmentpharmacogenomicWntβ-catenin

Identifiers

PMID37190050
PMCPMC10136857
OpenAlexW4365454138

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