Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21660134›Full record

ReviewJournal of biomedicine & biotechnology2011

Clinical cancer therapy by NK cells via antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity.

Kory L Alderson, Paul M Sondel

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Review in Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
89citing papers in PubMed
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

89 citing papers in PubMed, 153 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. The clinical landscape of CAR NK cells.Experimental hematology & oncology · 2025
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  9. Identification of a novel ADCC-related gene signature for predicting the prognosis and therapy response in lung adenocarcinoma.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2024
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  20. The role of B cells in cancer development.Frontiers in oncology · 2022
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29 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 1 institution in 1 country.

Kory L AldersonDepartment of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
Paul M Sondel
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

UW COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER SUPPORTP30CA014520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Nihal Ahmad · 1985 to 2026
$142.6M
THE IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF HUMAN ANTILEUKEMIC LYMPHOCYTESR01CA032685 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SONDEL, PAUL M · 1985 to 2014
$4.3M
T-Cell Independent Antitumor Mechanisms of CD40 LigationR01CA087025 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SONDEL, PAUL M · 2002 to 2012
$2.4M
Falgellar gene homologues in Brucella melitensisF31GM067386 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SOTO-BONILLA, BRENDA L · 2002 to 2009
$193k
NCI NIH HHS CA032685NCI NIH HHS CA14520NCI NIH HHS CA87025NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014520NCI NIH HHS R01 CA032685NCI NIH HHS R01 CA087025NIGMS NIH HHS F31 GM067386NIGMS NIH HHS GM067386
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural killer (NK) cells are powerful effector cells that can be directed to eliminate tumor cells through tumor-targeted monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Some tumor-targeted mAbs have been successfully applied in the clinic and are included in the standard of care for certain malignancies. Strategies to augment the antitumor response by NK cells have led to an increased understanding of how to improve their effector responses. Next-generation reagents, such as molecularly modified mAbs and mAb-cytokine fusion proteins (immunocytokines, ICs) designed to augment NK-mediated killing, are showing promise in preclinical and some clinical settings. Continued research into the antitumor effects induced by NK cells and tumor-targeted mAbs suggests that additional intrinsic and extrinsic factors may influence the antitumor response. Therefore more research is needed that focuses on evaluating which NK cell and tumor criteria are best predictive of a clinical response and which combination immunotherapy regimens to pursue for distinct clinical settings.

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeoplasmAntibody-Dependent Cell CytotoxicityCytokinesHumansImmunity, CellularKiller Cells, NaturalNeoplasmsReceptors, CytokineReceptors, FcReceptors, KIRAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeoplasmCytokinesReceptors, CytokineReceptors, FcReceptors, KIR

Identifiers

PMID21660134
PMCPMC3110303
OpenAlexW2019686157

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