Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25504773›Full record

ReviewCancer medicine2015

Ectokinases as novel cancer markers and drug targets in cancer therapy.

Garif Yalak, Viola Vogel

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Review in Cancer medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Garif YalakHarvard Medical School/Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115; Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Viola Vogel
ETH Zurich · CHHarvard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While small-molecule kinase inhibitors became the most prominent anticancer drugs, novel combinatorial strategies need to be developed as the fight against cancer is not yet won. We review emerging literature showing that the release of several ectokinases is significantly upregulated in body fluids from cancer patients and that they leave behind their unique signatures on extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. Our analysis of proteomic data reveals that fibronectin is heavily phosphorylated in cancer tissues particularly within its growth factor binding sites and on domains that regulate fibrillogenesis. We are thus making the case that cancer is not only a disease of cells but also of the ECM. Targeting extracellular kinases or the extracellular signatures they leave behind might thus create novel opportunities in cancer diagnosis as well as new avenues to interfere with cancer progression and malignancy.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorExtracellular MatrixHumansNeoplasmsPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProtein KinasesAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, Tumorectoprotein kinasePhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProtein KinasesCancer markerdrug designectokinasesexokinasesextracellular matrixextracellular phosphorylationextracellular protein kinasepersonalized medicine

Identifiers

PMID25504773
PMCPMC4380966
OpenAlexW2089468242

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