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ArticleNature2025

SPP1 is required for maintaining mesenchymal cell fate in pancreatic cancer.

Huafu Li, Linxiang Lan, Hengxing Chen, May Zaw Thin, Hari Ps, Jessica K Nelson, Ian M Evans, E Josue Ruiz, Rongjie Cheng, Li Tran and 10 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
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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

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

20 authors.

Huafu Li *The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
Linxiang Lan *The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8409-4336
Hengxing Chen *The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.
May Zaw ThinThe Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0036-2776
Hari PsSystems and Precision Cancer Medicine Laboratory, Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK.
Jessica K NelsonThe Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
Ian M EvansThe Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0468-8274
E Josue RuizThe Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
Rongjie ChengThe Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
Li TranThe Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1956-6544
Mark AllenBiological Services Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.ORCID 0009-0001-1570-8218
Jian MaThe Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.
Tingzhuang YiThe Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.
Chunming WangThe Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.
Yulong HeThe Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1902-0963
Naomi GuppyNina Barough Pathology Core Facility, The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1004-3605
Anguraj SadanandamSystems and Precision Cancer Medicine Laboratory, Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8485-5150
Shao-Zhen LinMechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Changhua ZhangThe Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China. zhchangh@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4358-4096
Axel BehrensThe Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK. Axel.Behrens@icr.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-1557-1143

Funding

Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research CentreNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaScience and Technology planning project of Guangdong province
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elucidating the complex network of communication between tumour cells is central to understanding cell fate decisions and progression of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalCell LineageMesenchymal Stem CellsOsteopontinPancreatic NeoplasmsAnimalsBone Morphogenetic Protein 2CarcinogenesisCell DifferentiationCell Line, TumorCytokinesEpithelial CellsEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFemaleHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsBMP2 protein, humanBone Morphogenetic Protein 2CytokinesGREM1 protein, humanGrem1 protein, mouseIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsOsteopontinSPP1 protein, humanSpp1 protein, mouse

Identifiers

PMID40993391
PMCPMC12675285

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