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Acid-base transporters and pH dynamics in human breast carcinomas predict proliferative activity, metastasis, and survival.

Nicolai J Toft, Trine V Axelsen, Helene L Pedersen, Marco Mele, Mark Burton, Eva Balling, Tonje Johansen, Mads Thomassen, Peer M Christiansen, Ebbe Boedtkjer

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Synthesis in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Nicolai J ToftDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Trine V AxelsenDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Helene L PedersenDepartment of Pathology, Regionshospitalet Randers, Randers, Denmark.
Marco MeleDepartment of Surgery, Regionshospitalet Randers, Randers, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8156-7804
Mark BurtonDepartment of Clinical Genetics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Eva BallingDepartment of Surgery, Regionshospitalet Randers, Randers, Denmark.
Tonje JohansenDepartment of Pathology, Regionshospitalet Randers, Randers, Denmark.
Mads ThomassenDepartment of Clinical Genetics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Peer M ChristiansenDepartment of Surgery, Regionshospitalet Randers, Randers, Denmark.
Ebbe BoedtkjerDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5078-9279
Regional Hospital Randers · DKAarhus University · DKUniversity of Southern Denmark · DKAarhus University Hospital · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer heterogeneity in histology and molecular subtype influences metabolic and proliferative activity and hence the acid load on cancer cells. We hypothesized that acid-base transporters and intracellular pH (pH

Indexed as

Acid-Base EquilibriumAgedAnimalsBicarbonatesBreast NeoplasmsCarcinomaFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMiceMiddle AgedOrganoidsReceptors, EstrogenRNA, MessengerSodium-Bicarbonate SymportersBicarbonatesReceptors, EstrogenRNA, MessengerSLC4A4 protein, humanSLC4A7 protein, humanSLC9A1 protein, humanSodium-Bicarbonate SymportersSodium-Hydrogen Exchanger 1Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangersacid-basecancer biologyhumanluminal A breast cancermetastasismicroenvironmentproliferationtriple-negative breast cancer

Identifiers

PMID34219652
PMCPMC8282339
OpenAlexW3177897625

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