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ReviewCancers2023

Thrombin Cleavage of Osteopontin and the Host Anti-Tumor Immune Response.

Lawrence L Leung, Timothy Myles, John Morser

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Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Context-dependent roles of osteopontin in aging-related neurological disorders.The Journal of international medical research · 2026
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lawrence L LeungDivision of Hematology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Timothy MylesDivision of Hematology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
John MorserDivision of Hematology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3376-8692
VA Palo Alto Health Care System · US

Funding

BLRD VA I01 BX005148Maureen Lyles D'Ambrogio Endowed Professorship at the Stanford University School of Medi-cine n/aVeterans Administration BX005148
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteopontin (OPN) is a multi-functional protein that is involved in various cellular processes such as cell adhesion, migration, and signaling. There is a single conserved thrombin cleavage site in OPN that, when cleaved, yields two fragments with different properties from full-length OPN. In cancer, OPN has tumor-promoting activity and plays a role in tumor growth and metastasis. High levels of OPN expression in cancer cells and tumor tissue are found in various types of cancer, including breast, lung, prostate, ovarian, colorectal, and pancreatic cancer, and are associated with poor prognosis and decreased survival rates. OPN promotes tumor progression and invasion by stimulating cell proliferation and angiogenesis and also facilitates the metastasis of cancer cells to other parts of the body by promoting cell adhesion and migration. Furthermore, OPN contributes to immune evasion by inhibiting the activity of immune cells. Thrombin cleavage of OPN initiates OPN's tumor-promoting activity, and thrombin cleavage fragments of OPN down-regulate the host immune anti-tumor response.

Indexed as

cancerhost anti-tumor responsemetastasisosteopontinthrombintumor

Identifiers

PMID37444590
PMCPMC10340489
OpenAlexW4383105126

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