Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19711198›Full record

ReviewImmunologic research2009

Gammadelta T cells as immune effectors against high-grade gliomas.

Lawrence S Lamb

Abstract readReview
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Immunologic research, 2009. 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
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Cellular immunotherapy for malignant gliomas.Expert opinion on biological therapy · 2016
    Review
  10. Article
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Review
  16. Article
  17. Review
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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lawrence S LambDivision of Hematology and Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Suite 541 Tinsley Harrison Tower, 1530 Third Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. lawrence.lamb@ccc.uab.edu
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Almost all individuals diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) will die of their disease as no effective therapies exist. Clearly, novel approaches to this problem are needed. Unlike the adaptive alphabeta T cell-mediated immune response, which requires antigen processing and MHC-restricted peptide display by antigen-presenting cells, gammadelta T cells can broadly recognize and immediately respond to a variety of MHC-like stress-induced self antigens, many of which are expressed on human GBM cells. Until now, there has been little progress toward clinical application, although several investigators have recently published clinically approvable methods for large-scale ex vivo expansion of functional gammadelta T cells for therapeutic purposes. This review discusses the biology of gammadelta T cells with respect to innate immunotherapy of cancer with a focus on GBM, and explores graft engineering techniques in development for the therapeutic use of gammadelta T cells.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmBlood-Brain BarrierBrain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaHumansReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaT-LymphocytesTumor EscapeAntigens, NeoplasmReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta

Identifiers

PMID19711198
OpenAlexW2021570367

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.