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ReviewCancers2021

SALL Proteins; Common and Antagonistic Roles in Cancer.

Claudia Álvarez, Aracelly Quiroz, Diego Benítez-Riquelme, Elizabeth Riffo, Ariel F Castro, Roxana Pincheira

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. The Roles of Zinc Finger Proteins in Colorectal Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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.

Claudia ÁlvarezDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 3349001, Chile.
Aracelly QuirozDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 3349001, Chile.
Diego Benítez-RiquelmeDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 3349001, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-5470-5792
Elizabeth RiffoDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 3349001, Chile.
Ariel F CastroDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 3349001, Chile.
Roxana PincheiraDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 3349001, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-4277-5245
University of Concepción · CL

Funding

FONDECYT 1191172FONDECYT 1201215FONDECYT PhD fellowship 21181183FONDECYT PhD fellowship 21181438
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SALL proteins are a family of four conserved C2H2 zinc finger transcription factors that play critical roles in organogenesis during embryonic development. They regulate cell proliferation, survival, migration, and stemness; consequently, they are involved in various human genetic disorders and cancer. SALL4 is a well-recognized oncogene; however, SALL1-3 play dual roles depending on the cancer context and stage of the disease. Current reviews of SALLs have focused only on SALL2 or SALL4, lacking an integrated view of the SALL family members in cancer. Here, we update the recent advances of the SALL members in tumor development, cancer progression, and therapy, highlighting the synergistic and/or antagonistic functions they perform in similar cancer contexts. We identified common regulatory mechanisms, targets, and signaling pathways in breast, brain, liver, colon, blood, and HPV-related cancers. In addition, we discuss the potential of the SALL family members as cancer biomarkers and in the cancer cells' response to therapies. Understanding SALL proteins' function and relationship will open new cancer biology, clinical research, and therapy perspectives.

Indexed as

biomarkercancerepigenetic regulationPTENSALL1SALL2SALL3SALL4Wnt

Identifiers

PMID34944911
PMCPMC8699250
OpenAlexW4200556763

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