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ReviewClinical & developmental immunology2011

The inhibitory role of b7-h4 in antitumor immunity: association with cancer progression and survival.

Changjun He, Haiquan Qiao, Hongchi Jiang, Xueying Sun

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Review in Clinical & developmental immunology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Inhibitory receptors as targets for cancer immunotherapy.European journal of immunology · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Changjun HeThe Hepatosplenic Surgery Center, Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China.
Haiquan Qiao
Hongchi Jiang
Xueying Sun
Harbin Medical University · CNUniversity of Auckland · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

B7-H4 is one of the most recently identified members of B7 superfamily of costimulatory molecules serving as an inhibitory modulator of T-cell response. B7-H4 is broadly expressed in human peripheral tissues and inducibly expressed in immune cells. The expression of B7-H4 has been observed in various types of human cancer tissues, and its soluble form has been detected in blood samples from cancer patients. However, its precise physiological role is still elusive, as its receptor has not been identified and the expression levels are not consistent. This paper summarizes the pertinent data on the inhibitory role of B7-H4 in antitumor immunity and its association with cancer progression and survival in human patients. The paper also discusses the clinical significance of investigating B7-H4 as potential markers for cancer diagnosis and prognosis, and as therapeutic targets.

Indexed as

Immunosuppression TherapyAntigens, NeoplasmBiomarkers, TumorCell Transformation, NeoplasticDisease ProgressionGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansImmunityLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingNeoplasmsPrognosisSurvival AnalysisTumor EscapeTumor MicroenvironmentV-Set Domain-Containing T-Cell Activation Inhibitor 1Antigens, NeoplasmBiomarkers, TumorV-Set Domain-Containing T-Cell Activation Inhibitor 1VTCN1 protein, human

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PMID22013483
PMCPMC3195678
OpenAlexW2048370264

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