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ReviewMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2012

Nanoparticles targeting HLA-G for gene therapy in cancer.

Ines Zidi, Nidhal Ben Amor

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Review in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. HLA-G regulators in cancer medicine: an outline of key requirements.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2011
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ines ZidiLaboratory of Biochemistry, Research Unit 02/UR/09-01, Higher Institute of Biotechnology of Monastir, BP 74, Avenue Tahar Haddad, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia. ines.zidi@techemail.com
Nidhal Ben Amor
King Faisal University · SAUniversity of Monastir · TN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer cells are aided by immune-tolerant functions of HLA-G to escape the immune surveillance. In general, cancer cells can express membranous HLA-G, secrete soluble HLA-G, produce HLA-G positive exosomes, and can be subjected to proteolytic cleavage by matrix metalloproteinases releasing shedding HLA-G1 in stressful conditions. Thus, the downregulation of HLA-G either in transcripts or proteins may affect positively cancer therapy. The aim of this study was to examine the molecular nanoparticles targeting HLA-G. Special focus was accorded to RNA interference particles. Although numerous studies have reported the importance of HLA-G gene expression modulation by nanoparticles, no studies have investigated clinically their efficiency in this modulation.

Indexed as

Genetic TherapyNanoparticlesHLA-G AntigensHumansNeoplasmsPrognosisHLA-G Antigens

Identifiers

PMID21499927
OpenAlexW2088038251

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Registered trials

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