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ReviewLeukemia2007

Toll-like receptor agonists in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

D E Spaner, A Masellis

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Review in Leukemia, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 100 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

D E SpanerDivision of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Research Institute, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. david.spaner@swri.ca
A Masellis
3M (United States) · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in our understanding of the Toll-like receptors (TLRs) have led to the identification of several agonists that are suitable for clinical development. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) may be especially amenable to TLR agonists because it is an immunologically susceptible tumor with strong expression of several TLRs, particularly TLR-7 and TLR-9. TLR agonists may indirectly clear CLL cells by enhancing the activity of natural killer and tumor-reactive T cells, or by altering the tumor microenvironment and inhibiting angiogenesis. However, signaling pathways can be activated directly in CLL cells by TLR-7 and TLR-9 agonists, leading to the production of cytokines and costimulatory molecules in a manner that is dependent on the underlying cytogenetic abnormalities, but rendering the tumor cells more sensitive to killing by cytotoxic T cells, immunotoxins and some chemotherapeutic drugs. Imidazoquinolines are TLR-7 agonists with strong local activity against CLL, and phase I trials of systemically administered imidazoquinolines (and also cytosine-phosphate-guanosine oligonucleotides that are TLR-9 agonists) are currently ongoing at different centers. The potential importance of these TLR agonists in the treatment of CLL is suggested by their ability to sensitize tumor cells to cytotoxic agents, and their future probably lies in combination with radiotherapies, chemotherapies, monoclonal antibodies and cancer vaccines.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsCell DeathClinical Trials as TopicHumansLeukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-CellOligonucleotidesQuinolonesT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicToll-Like Receptor 7Toll-Like Receptor 9Antineoplastic AgentsOligonucleotidesQuinolonesToll-Like Receptor 7Toll-Like Receptor 9

Identifiers

PMID17066089
OpenAlexW1980557548

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