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ArticleLife science alliance2023

Basonuclin-2 regulates extracellular matrix production and degradation.

Ayla Orang, B Kate Dredge, Chi Yau Liu, Julie M Bracken, Chun-Hsien Chen, Laura Sourdin, Holly J Whitfield, Rachael Lumb, Sarah T Boyle, Melissa J Davis and 6 more

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Article in Life science alliance, 2023. 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
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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

16 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ayla OrangCentre for Cancer Biology, An Alliance of SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
B Kate DredgeCentre for Cancer Biology, An Alliance of SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6103-5165
Chi Yau LiuCentre for Cancer Biology, An Alliance of SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Julie M BrackenCentre for Cancer Biology, An Alliance of SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Chun-Hsien ChenCentre for Cancer Biology, An Alliance of SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Laura SourdinCentre for Cancer Biology, An Alliance of SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5739-6205
Holly J WhitfieldDivision of Bioinformatics, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7282-387X
Rachael LumbCentre for Cancer Biology, An Alliance of SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Sarah T BoyleCentre for Cancer Biology, An Alliance of SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Melissa J DavisSouth Australian ImmunogGENomics Cancer Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Michael S SamuelCentre for Cancer Biology, An Alliance of SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-6379
Philip A GregoryCentre for Cancer Biology, An Alliance of SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Yeesim Khew-GoodallCentre for Cancer Biology, An Alliance of SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Gregory J GoodallCentre for Cancer Biology, An Alliance of SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1294-0692
Katherine A PillmanCentre for Cancer Biology, An Alliance of SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia katherine.pillman@unisa.edu.au.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5869-889X
Cameron P BrackenCentre for Cancer Biology, An Alliance of SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia cameron.bracken@unisa.edu.au.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7722-625X
South Australia Pathology · AUThe University of Melbourne · AUThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition is essential for tissue patterning and organization. It involves both regulation of cell motility and alterations in the composition and organization of the ECM-a complex environment of proteoglycans and fibrous proteins essential for tissue homeostasis, signaling in response to chemical and biomechanical stimuli, and is often dysregulated under conditions such as cancer, fibrosis, and chronic wounds. Here, we demonstrate that basonuclin-2 (BNC2), a mesenchymal-expressed gene, that is, strongly associated with cancer and developmental defects across genome-wide association studies, is a novel regulator of ECM composition and degradation. We find that at endogenous levels, BNC2 controls the expression of specific collagens, matrix metalloproteases, and other matrisomal components in breast cancer cells, and in fibroblasts that are primarily responsible for the production and processing of the ECM within the tumour microenvironment. In so doing, BNC2 modulates the motile and invasive properties of cancers, which likely explains the association of high BNC2 expression with increasing cancer grade and poor patient prognosis.

Indexed as

DNA-Binding ProteinsGenome-Wide Association StudyNeoplasmsCollagenEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionExtracellular MatrixHumansTumor MicroenvironmentBNC2 protein, humanCollagenDNA-Binding Proteins

Identifiers

PMID37536977
PMCPMC10400885
OpenAlexW4385564535

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