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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021

CTSE Overexpression Is an Adverse Prognostic Factor for Survival among Rectal Cancer Patients Receiving CCRT.

Chia-Lin Chou, Tzu-Ju Chen, Yu-Feng Tian, Ti-Chun Chan, Cheng-Fa Yeh, Wan-Shan Li, Hsin-Hwa Tsai, Chien-Feng Li, Hong-Yue Lai

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Chia-Lin ChouDivision of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan 710, Taiwan.
Tzu-Ju ChenDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan 710, Taiwan.
Yu-Feng TianDivision of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan 710, Taiwan.
Ti-Chun ChanDepartment of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan 710, Taiwan.
Cheng-Fa YehDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan 710, Taiwan.
Wan-Shan LiDepartment of Medical Technology, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan 717, Taiwan.
Hsin-Hwa TsaiDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan 710, Taiwan.
Chien-Feng LiDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan 710, Taiwan.
Hong-Yue LaiDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan 710, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6197-9828
Chi Mei Medical Center · TWChung Hwa University of Medical Technology · TWNational Health Research Institutes · TWNational Sun Yat-sen University · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The introduction of preoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) increases the rate of anal preservation and allows tumor downstaging for clinical stage T3/T4 or node-positive rectal cancer patients. However, there is no precise predictive tool to verify the presence of residual tumor apart from surgical resection. The gastrointestinal (GI) tract not only digests nutrients but also coordinates immune responses. As the outermost layer of the GI tract, mucus plays a key role in mediating the interaction between the digestive and immune systems, and aberrant mucus mesh formation may cause chemoresistance by impeding drug delivery. However, the correlations among digestion-related genes, mucin synthesis, and chemoresistance remain poorly understood. In the present study, we evaluated genes related to digestion (GO: 0007586) and identified cathepsin E (

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chemoradiotherapyCTSEdigestionimmune responserectal cancer

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PMID34357018
PMCPMC8304221
OpenAlexW3174312863

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