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ReviewCancer research2011

Targeting regulatory T cells in cancer.

William L Byrne, Kingston H G Mills, James A Lederer, Gerald C O'Sullivan

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Review in Cancer research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers.

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95citing papers in PubMed
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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

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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

95 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

4 authors.

William L ByrneCork Cancer Research Centre, Mercy University Hospital and Leslie C. Quick Jnr. Laboratory, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Kingston H G Mills
James A Lederer
Gerald C O'Sullivan

Funding

IMMUNOLOGIC STUDIES OF PATIENTS AFTER TRAUMATIC INJURYR01GM035633 · NIGMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEDERER, JAMES A. · 1985 to 2010
$3.3M
Injury-Specific Activation of the Immune SystemR01AI092905 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEDERER, JAMES A. · 2011 to 2015
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI092905NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM035633NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM-035633-23
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infiltration of tumors by regulatory T cells confers growth and metastatic advantages by inhibiting antitumor immunity and by production of receptor activator of NF-κB (RANK) ligand, which may directly stimulate metastatic propagation of RANK-expressing cancer cells. Modulation of regulatory T cells can enhance the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy. Strategies include depletion, interference with function, inhibition of tumoral migration, and exploitation of T-cell plasticity. Problems with these strategies include a lack of specificity, resulting in depletion of antitumor effector T cells or global interruption of regulatory T cells, which may predispose to autoimmune diseases. Emerging technologies, such as RNA interference and tetramer-based targeting, may have the potential to improve selectivity and efficacy.

Indexed as

CTLA-4 AntigenForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansLymphocyte DepletionNeoplasmsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryCTLA-4 AntigenForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXP3 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID22068034
PMCPMC4287207

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