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ArticleJournal of cell communication and signaling2009

The role of tenascin-C in tissue injury and tumorigenesis.

Kim S Midwood, Gertraud Orend

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Article in Journal of cell communication and signaling, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 237 papers.

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237citing papers in PubMed
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

237 citing papers in PubMed, 429 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. The Role of Tenascin-C in Neuroinflammation and Neuroplasticity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  16. Sustained tenascin-C expression drives neointimal hyperplasia and promotes aortocaval fistula failure.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025
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  20. Tenascin C deletion impairs tendon healing and functional recovery after rotator cuff repair.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kim S Midwood
Gertraud Orend
Imperial College London · GBInserm · FR

Funding

Medical Research Council G0700108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The extracellular matrix molecule tenascin-C is highly expressed during embryonic development, tissue repair and in pathological situations such as chronic inflammation and cancer. Tenascin-C interacts with several other extracellular matrix molecules and cell-surface receptors, thus affecting tissue architecture, tissue resilience and cell responses. Tenascin-C modulates cell migration, proliferation and cellular signaling through induction of pro-inflammatory cytokines and oncogenic signaling molecules amongst other mechanisms. Given the causal role of inflammation in cancer progression, common mechanisms might be controlled by tenascin-C during both events. Drugs targeting the expression or function of tenascin-C or the tenascin-C protein itself are currently being developed and some drugs have already reached advanced clinical trials. This generates hope that increased knowledge about tenascin-C will further improve management of diseases with high tenascin-C expression such as chronic inflammation, heart failure, artheriosclerosis and cancer.

Identifiers

PMID19838819
PMCPMC2778592
OpenAlexW2014868340

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