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ReviewLife sciences2023

Theranostics in targeting fibroblast activation protein bearing cells: Progress and challenges.

Sahar Rezaei, Esmaeil Gharapapagh, Shahram Dabiri, Pedram Heidari, Ayuob Aghanejad

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In one paragraph

Review in Life sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Comparative Evaluation of [Molecular imaging and biology · 2026
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  2. Preclinical evaluation of novelAnnals of nuclear medicine · 2026
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  8. Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor (FAPI)-Based Theranostics.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  10. Effects of FAPCancer drug resistance (Alhambra, Calif.) · 2025
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  14. Influenza vaccine: a review on current scenario and future prospects.Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology · 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sahar RezaeiResearch Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imam Reza General Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Esmaeil GharapapaghDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imam Reza General Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Shahram DabiriDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imam Reza General Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Pedram HeidariDepartments of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States.
Ayuob AghanejadResearch Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imam Reza General Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Electronic address: aghanejaday@tbzmed.ac.ir.
Imam Reza Hospital · IRMassachusetts General Hospital · USTabriz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

Enhancing the therapeutic effect of receptor radionuclide therapy in neuroendocrine tumors by somatostatin receptor upregulationK08CA249047 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HEIDARI, PEDRAM · 2020 to 2024
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA249047
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer cells are surrounded by a complex and highly dynamic tumor microenvironment (TME). Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), a critical component of TME, contribute to cancer cell proliferation as well as metastatic spread. CAFs express a variety of biomarkers, which can be targeted for detection and therapy. Most importantly, CAFs express high levels of fibroblast activation protein (FAP) which contributes to progression of cancer, invasion, metastasis, migration, immunosuppression, and drug resistance. As a consequence, FAP is an attractive theranostic target. In this review, we discuss the latest advancement in targeting FAP in oncology using theranostic biomarkers and imaging modalities such as single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), computed tomography (CT), fluorescence imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Indexed as

Cancer-Associated FibroblastsNeoplasmsFibroblastsHumansMembrane ProteinsPrecision MedicineSerine EndopeptidasesTumor MicroenvironmentMembrane ProteinsSerine EndopeptidasesFibroblast activation protein (FAP)FluorescenceImagingPETSPECTTheranostic

Identifiers

PMID37481033
PMCPMC10773987
OpenAlexW4384926694

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Registered trials

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