Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40519720›Full record

ArticleTranslational pediatrics2025

Chun-Xian Lu, Zhen-Xue Long, Ji-Li Lu, Cheng-Kua Huang, Tomoki Nakamura, Shou-Wen Tao, Shu-Liang Hua, Da-Lang Fang

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Translational pediatrics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
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

8 authors.

Chun-Xian LuDepartment of Spine and Osteopathy, Baise People's Hospital, Baise, China.
Zhen-Xue LongDepartment of Spine and Osteopathy, Baise People's Hospital, Baise, China.
Ji-Li LuDepartment of Spine and Osteopathy, Baise People's Hospital, Baise, China.
Cheng-Kua HuangDepartment of Spine and Osteopathy, Baise People's Hospital, Baise, China.
Tomoki NakamuraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan.
Shou-Wen TaoDepartment of Gland Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, Baise, China.
Shu-Liang HuaDepartment of Spine and Osteopathy, Baise People's Hospital, Baise, China.
Da-Lang FangDepartment of Gland Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, Baise, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Osteosarcoma (OS), the most common pediatric bone tumor, faces challenges with frequent relapse despite treatment advances. Identifying early diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets is critical. The purpose of this study was to investigate the novel biomarkers for OS, and we also aimed to explore whether these biomarkers could potentially serve as the therapy targets. Methods: Integrated analysis combined three Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) datasets (GSE42352, GSE126209, GSE12865) and TARGET-OS clinical-transcriptomic data (n=88). Immune-related genes from ImmPort (1,793 genes) were analyzed alongside differentially expressed genes (DEGs) identified via sva batch correction. Functional enrichment used clusterProfiler, while machine learning [eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGB), random forest (RF), generalized linear model (GLM), support vector machine (SVM)] models were built with caret, xgboost, and kernlab. Prognostic genes were screened via univariate Cox regression (P<0.05). Key genes intersecting SVM and Cox results were validated via package for receiver operating characteristic (pROC), survival analysis, competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network (Cytoscape), immune infiltration (CIBERSORT), drug sensitivity (GDSC), and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Results: Differential analysis identified 1,370 DEGs (748 upregulated, 622 downregulated), intersecting with immune-related genes to yield 174 OS-linked immune-DEGs. Enrichment highlighted cytokine-PI3K-Akt pathways. Machine learning prioritized 10 genes, with Conclusions:

Indexed as

bioinformaticsmachine learningMASP1Pediatric osteosarcoma (pediatric OS)

Identifiers

PMID40519720
PMCPMC12163825

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.