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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2021

Alpha-Fetoprotein Binding Mucin and Scavenger Receptors: An Available Bio-Target for Treating Cancer.

Bo Lin, Qiujiao Wang, Kun Liu, Xu Dong, Mingyue Zhu, Mengsen Li

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Intratumoral PD-1Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2026
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  7. Alpha-fetoprotein: A Multifaceted Player in Cancer Biology.Euroasian journal of hepato-gastroenterology
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bo LinHainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Intervention, Hainan Medical College, Haikou, China.
Qiujiao WangHainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Intervention, Hainan Medical College, Haikou, China.
Kun LiuHainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Intervention, Hainan Medical College, Haikou, China.
Xu DongHainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Intervention, Hainan Medical College, Haikou, China.
Mingyue ZhuHainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Intervention, Hainan Medical College, Haikou, China.
Mengsen LiHainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Intervention, Hainan Medical College, Haikou, China.
Hainan Medical College Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) entrance into cancer cells is mediated by AFP receptors (AFPRs) and exerts malignant effects. Therefore, understanding the structure of AFPRs will facilitate the development of rational approaches for vaccine design, drug delivery, antagonizing immune suppression and diagnostic imaging to treat cancer effectively. Throughout the last three decades, the identification of universal receptors for AFP has failed due to their complex carbohydrate polymer structures. Here, we focused on the two types of binding proteins or receptors that may serve as AFPRs, namely, the A) mucin receptors family, and B) the scavenger family. We presented an informative review with detailed descriptions of the signal transduction, cross-talk, and interplay of various transcription factors which highlight the downstream events following AFP binding to mucin or scavenger receptors. We mainly explored the underlying mechanisms involved mucin or scavenger receptors that interact with AFP, provide more evidence to support these receptors as tumor AFPRs, and establish a theoretical basis for targeting therapy of cancer.

Indexed as

alpha-fetoprotein receptorsfunctionmucin receptorsscavenger receptorsstructure

Identifiers

PMID33718192
PMCPMC7947232
OpenAlexW3130379534

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