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ReviewCancer metastasis reviews2024

Harnessing function of EMT in cancer drug resistance: a metastasis regulator determines chemotherapy response.

Nasim Ebrahimi, Mahdokht Sadat Manavi, Ferdos Faghihkhorasani, Siavash Seifollahy Fakhr, Fatemeh Jafari Baei, Fereshteh Faghih Khorasani, Mohammad Mehdi Zare, Nazanin Pazhouhesh Far, Fatemeh Rezaei-Tazangi, Jun Ren and 6 more

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Review in Cancer metastasis reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 14 institutions in 6 countries.

Nasim EbrahimiGenetics Division, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
Mahdokht Sadat ManaviOtolaryngology Department, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
Ferdos FaghihkhorasaniMedical Campus, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Siavash Seifollahy FakhrDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Science and Biotechnology, Campus Hamar, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hamar, Norway.
Fatemeh Jafari BaeiAmol University of Special Modern Technologies, Amol, Iran.
Fereshteh Faghih KhorasaniFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Mohammad Mehdi ZareFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Nazanin Pazhouhesh FarDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical Science, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Fatemeh Rezaei-TazangiDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran.
Jun RenDepartment of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Russel J ReiterDepartment of Cellular and Structural Biology, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, 77030, USA.
Noushin NabaviDepartment of Urologic Sciences and Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6H3Z6, Canada.
Amir Reza ArefTranslational Medicine Group, Xsphera Biosciences, 6 Tide Street, Boston, MA, 02210, USA. amir@xspherabio.com.
Chu ChenDepartment of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Jiangsu, 226001, China.
Yavuz Nuri ErtasERNAM-Nanotechnology Research and Application Center, Erciyes University, Kayseri, 38039, Türkiye. yavuznuri@gmail.com.
Qi LuDepartment of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Jiangsu, 226001, China. luqint@sina.com.
Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services · IRAffiliated Hospital of Nantong University · CNAmol University of Special Modern Technologies · IRErciyes University · TRFasa University of Medical Sciences · IRFudan University · CNIslamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran · IRNantong University · CNThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Inland Norway · NOUniversity of Isfahan · IRUniversity of Tehran · IRXi'an Jiaotong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a complicated molecular process that governs cellular shape and function changes throughout tissue development and embryogenesis. In addition, EMT contributes to the development and spread of tumors. Expanding and degrading the surrounding microenvironment, cells undergoing EMT move away from the main location. On the basis of the expression of fibroblast-specific protein-1 (FSP1), fibroblast growth factor (FGF), collagen, and smooth muscle actin (-SMA), the mesenchymal phenotype exhibited in fibroblasts is crucial for promoting EMT. While EMT is not entirely reliant on its regulators like ZEB1/2, Twist, and Snail proteins, investigation of upstream signaling (like EGF, TGF-β, Wnt) is required to get a more thorough understanding of tumor EMT. Throughout numerous cancers, connections between tumor epithelial and fibroblast cells that influence tumor growth have been found. The significance of cellular crosstalk stems from the fact that these events affect therapeutic response and disease prognosis. This study examines how classical EMT signals emanating from various cancer cells interfere to tumor metastasis, treatment resistance, and tumor recurrence.

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Epithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionNeoplasmsCell Line, TumorDrug ResistanceHumansPhenotypeSignal TransductionTumor MicroenvironmentMesenchymal-to-epithelial transition (MET)Multidrug-resistance (MDR)Non-coding RNAsSignaling pathwaysTargeting therapy

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PMID38227149
OpenAlexW4390903394

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