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ReviewCells2020

Rho GTPases: Big Players in Breast Cancer Initiation, Metastasis and Therapeutic Responses.

Brock Humphries, Zhishan Wang, Chengfeng Yang

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Review in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The GATA3-RFPL3-ASK1 axis suppresses breast cancer growth and lung metastasis.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  13. CeiTEA: Adaptive Hierarchy of Single Cells with Topological Entropy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  19. Pan-cancer drivers of metastasis.Molecular cancer · 2025
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brock HumphriesCenter for Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6992-3394
Zhishan WangDepartment of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
Chengfeng YangDepartment of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
University of Kentucky · USUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rho GTPases, a family of the Ras GTPase superfamily, are key regulators of the actin cytoskeleton. They were originally thought to primarily affect cell migration and invasion; however, recent advances in our understanding of the biology and function of Rho GTPases have demonstrated their diverse roles within the cell, including membrane trafficking, gene transcription, migration, invasion, adhesion, survival and growth. As these processes are critically involved in cancer initiation, metastasis and therapeutic responses, it is not surprising that studies have demonstrated important roles of Rho GTPases in cancer. Although the majority of data indicates an oncogenic role of Rho GTPases, tumor suppressor functions of Rho GTPases have also been revealed, suggesting a context and cell-type specific function for Rho GTPases in cancer. This review aims to summarize recent progresses in our understanding of the regulation and functions of Rho GTPases, specifically in the context of breast cancer. The potential of Rho GTPases as therapeutic targets and prognostic tools for breast cancer patients are also discussed.

Indexed as

ApoptosisBreast NeoplasmsCarcinogenesisCell MovementCell ProliferationFemaleHumansNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm Metastasisrho GTP-Binding ProteinsSignal Transductionrho GTP-Binding Proteinsbreast cancerCdc42metastasisRacRhoRho GTPases

Identifiers

PMID32992837
PMCPMC7600866
OpenAlexW3088770220

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