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ArticleAnalytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam)2021

MMP-9 Knockdown Inhibits Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Lymph Node Metastasis in the Nude Mouse Tongue-Xenografted Model through the RhoC/Src Pathway.

Panpan Yin, Ying Su, Suhong Chen, Jinlin Wen, Feng Gao, Yanlin Wu, Xinyan Zhang

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Article in Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Panpan YinBeijing Institute of Dental Research, Beijing Stomatological Hospital & School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4544-8410
Ying SuBeijing Institute of Dental Research, Beijing Stomatological Hospital & School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Suhong ChenBeijing Institute of Dental Research, Beijing Stomatological Hospital & School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jinlin WenBeijing Institute of Dental Research, Beijing Stomatological Hospital & School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-0389
Feng GaoBeijing Institute of Dental Research, Beijing Stomatological Hospital & School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4902-7429
Yanlin WuBeijing Institute of Dental Research, Beijing Stomatological Hospital & School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3533-5583
Xinyan ZhangBeijing Institute of Dental Research, Beijing Stomatological Hospital & School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6269-3138
Capital Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most common types of cancers in developing countries. A major contributor to the high mortality rate of OSCC is the tendency of oral cancer cells to metastasize to lymph nodes around the head and neck during the early stages of cancer development. Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), an endopeptidase, can degrade the extracellular matrix and basement membrane and plays a key role in tumor invasion and metastasis.

Indexed as

AnimalsGene Knockdown TechniquesHeterograftsHumansLymphatic MetastasisMatrix Metalloproteinase 9MiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeMouth NeoplasmsNeoplasm InvasivenessNeovascularization, PathologicrhoC GTP-Binding ProteinSignal TransductionSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Necksrc-Family KinasesMatrix Metalloproteinase 9rhoC GTP-Binding ProteinRHOC protein, humansrc-Family Kinases

Identifiers

PMID33828938
PMCPMC8004385
OpenAlexW3139082782

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