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SERPINE1: Role in Cholangiocarcinoma Progression and a Therapeutic Target in the Desmoplastic Microenvironment.

Ralf-Peter Czekay, Craig E Higgins, Hasan Basri Aydin, Rohan Samarakoon, Nusret Bekir Subasi, Stephen P Higgins, Hwajeong Lee, Paul J Higgins

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Review in Cells, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ralf-Peter CzekayDepartment of Regenerative & Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208, USA.
Craig E HigginsDepartment of Regenerative & Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208, USA.
Hasan Basri AydinDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208, USA.
Rohan SamarakoonDepartment of Regenerative & Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208, USA.
Nusret Bekir SubasiDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208, USA.
Stephen P HigginsDepartment of Regenerative & Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208, USA.
Hwajeong LeeDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7005-6278
Paul J HigginsDepartment of Regenerative & Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A heterogenous population of inflammatory elements, other immune and nonimmune cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are evident in solid malignancies where they coexist with the growing tumor mass. In highly desmoplastic malignancies, CAFs are the prominent mesenchymal cell type in the tumor microenvironment (TME), where their presence and abundance signal a poor prognosis. CAFs play a major role in the progression of various cancers by remodeling the supporting stroma into a dense, fibrotic matrix while secreting factors that promote the maintenance of cancer stem-like characteristics, tumor cell survival, aggressive growth and metastasis and reduced sensitivity to chemotherapeutics. Tumors with high stromal fibrotic signatures are more likely to be associated with drug resistance and eventual relapse. Identifying the molecular underpinnings for such multidirectional crosstalk among the various normal and neoplastic cell types in the TME may provide new targets and novel opportunities for therapeutic intervention. This review highlights recent concepts regarding the complexity of CAF biology in cholangiocarcinoma, a highly desmoplastic cancer. The discussion focuses on CAF heterogeneity, functionality in drug resistance, contributions to a progressively fibrotic tumor stroma, the involved signaling pathways and the participating genes.

Indexed as

Cancer-Associated FibroblastsCholangiocarcinomaDisease ProgressionTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsBile Duct NeoplasmsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansSignal Transductioncancer-associated fibroblastscell signalingcholangiocarcinomaextracellular matrixp53plasminogen activator inhibitor-1SERPINE1tumor microenvironmenttumor progression

Identifiers

PMID38786020
PMCPMC11119900

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