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ArticleBiomarker research2024

Global research hotspots, development trends and prospect discoveries of phase separation in cancer: a decade-long informatics investigation.

Song-Bin Guo, Xue-Zhao Feng, Wei-Juan Huang, Zhen-Zhong Zhou, Xiao-Peng Tian

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Article in Biomarker research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Song-Bin Guo *Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 510060, Guangzhou, P. R. China. guosb@sysucc.org.cn.
Xue-Zhao Feng *State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 510060, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
Wei-Juan Huang *Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, 510632, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
Zhen-Zhong ZhouDepartment of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 510060, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
Xiao-Peng TianDepartment of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 510060, Guangzhou, P. R. China. tianxp@sysucc.org.cn.
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center · CNJinan University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a complex and subtle phenomenon whose formation and regulation take essential roles in cancer initiation, growth, progression, invasion, and metastasis. This domain holds a wealth of underutilized unstructured data that needs further excavation for potentially valuable information. Therefore, we retrospectively analyzed the global scientific knowledge in the field over the last decade by using informatics methods (such as hierarchical clustering, regression statistics, hotspot burst, and Walktrap algorithm analysis). Over the past decade, this area enjoyed a favorable development trend (Annual Growth Rate: 34.98%) and global collaboration (International Co-authorship: 27.31%). Through unsupervised hierarchical clustering based on machine learning, the global research hotspots were divided into five dominant research clusters: Cluster 1 (Effects and Mechanisms of Phase Separation in Drug Delivery), Cluster 2 (Phase Separation in Gene Expression Regulation), Cluster 3 (Phase Separation in RNA-Protein Interaction), Cluster 4 (Reference Value of Phase Separation in Neurodegenerative Diseases for Cancer Research), and Cluster 5 (Roles and Mechanisms of Phase Separation). And further time-series analysis revealed that Cluster 5 is the emerging research cluster. In addition, results from the regression curve and hotspot burst analysis point in unison to super-enhancer (a=0.5515, R

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CancerImmunotherapyInformatics analysisLiquid-liquid phase separationSuper-enhancerTumor microenvironment

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