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ReviewCancers2019

Targeting Lysophosphatidic Acid in Cancer: The Issues in Moving from Bench to Bedside.

Yan Xu

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Review in Cancers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
36citing 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

36 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. The GPCR Connection: Linking Alzheimer's Disease and Glioblastoma.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2026
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  12. Lysophospholipid receptors in neurodegeneration and neuroprotection.Exploration of neuroprotective therapy · 2024
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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

1 author.

Yan XuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 950 W. Walnut Street R2-E380, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. xu2@iu.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the clear demonstration of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA)'s pathological roles in cancer in the mid-1990s, more than 1000 papers relating LPA to various types of cancer were published. Through these studies, LPA was established as a target for cancer. Although LPA-related inhibitors entered clinical trials for fibrosis, the concept of targeting LPA is yet to be moved to clinical cancer treatment. The major challenges that we are facing in moving LPA application from bench to bedside include the intrinsic and complicated metabolic, functional, and signaling properties of LPA, as well as technical issues, which are discussed in this review. Potential strategies and perspectives to improve the translational progress are suggested. Despite these challenges, we are optimistic that LPA blockage, particularly in combination with other agents, is on the horizon to be incorporated into clinical applications.

Indexed as

Autotaxin (ATX)cancer stem cell (CSC)electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS)G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR)lipid phosphate phosphatase enzymes (LPPs)lysophosphatidic acid (LPA)nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)ovarian cancer (OC)phospholipase A2 enzymes (PLA2s)sphingosine-1 phosphate (S1P)

Identifiers

PMID31658655
PMCPMC6826372

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