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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2012

Adoptive immunotherapy for cancer: harnessing the T cell response.

Nicholas P Restifo, Mark E Dudley, Steven A Rosenberg

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Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 934 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
934citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
79.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

934 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,668 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. MASCC/ISOO Clinical Practice Statement: management of oral complications of immunotherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nicholas P RestifoSurgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. restifon@mail.nih.gov
Mark E Dudley
Steven A Rosenberg
National Institutes of Health · USNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Adoptive Cell Transfer Immunotherapy of CancerZIABC010984 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI ROSENBERG, STEVEN · 2009 to 2025
$56.8M
Gene therapy of cancerZIABC010985 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI ROSENBERG, STEVEN · 2009 to 2025
$56.8M
Building on the success of the adoptive immunotherapy of cancerZIABC010763 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI ROSENBERG, STEVEN · 2009 to 2020
$25.0M
Cell Production Facility CoreZICBC011020 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI DUDLEY, MARK · 2009 to 2013
$6.5M
Adoptive Cell Transfer Immunotherapy of CancerZ01BC010984 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI ROSENBERG, STEVEN · 2008 to 2008
$1.5M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC010984
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy based on the adoptive transfer of naturally occurring or gene-engineered T cells can mediate tumour regression in patients with metastatic cancer. Here, we discuss progress in the use of adoptively transferred T cells, focusing on how they can mediate tumour cell eradication. Recent advances include more accurate targeting of antigens expressed by tumours and the associated vasculature, and the successful use of gene engineering to re-target T cells before their transfer into the patient. We also describe how new research has helped to identify the particular T cell subsets that can most effectively promote tumour eradication.

Indexed as

AnimalsGenetic EngineeringHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsT-Lymphocytes

Identifiers

PMID22437939
PMCPMC6292222
OpenAlexW2043904711

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