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ReviewNature reviews. Urology2012

Cancer/testis antigens and urological malignancies.

Prakash Kulkarni, Takumi Shiraishi, Krithika Rajagopalan, Robert Kim, Steven M Mooney, Robert H Getzenberg

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Review in Nature reviews. Urology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Prakash KulkarniJames Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, 600 North Wolfe Street, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. pkulkar4@jhmi.edu
Takumi Shiraishi
Krithika Rajagopalan
Robert Kim
Steven M Mooney
Robert H Getzenberg
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · USJohns Hopkins Hospital · US

Funding

TRANSGENIC MODELS FOR PROSTATE CANCER AND AUTOIMMUNITYP50CA058236 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ISAACS, JOHN TOD · 1992 to 2020
$43.9M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA058236
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer/testis antigens (CTAs) are a group of tumour-associated antigens (TAAs) that display normal expression in the adult testis--an immune-privileged organ--but aberrant expression in several types of cancers, particularly in advanced cancers with stem cell-like characteristics. There has been an explosion in CTA-based research since CTAs were first identified in 1991 and MAGE-1 was shown to elicit an autologous cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response in a patient with melanoma. The resulting data have not only highlighted a role for CTAs in tumorigenesis, but have also underscored the translational potential of these antigens for detecting and treating many types of cancers. Studies that have investigated the use of CTAs for the clinical management of urological malignancies indicate that these TAAs have potential roles as novel biomarkers, with increased specificity and sensitivity compared to those currently used in the clinic, and therapeutic targets for cancer immunotherapy. Increasing evidence supports the utilization of these promising tools for urological indications.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmBiomarkers, TumorCancer VaccinesHumansMaleTesticular NeoplasmsUrologic NeoplasmsAntigens, NeoplasmBiomarkers, TumorCancer Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID22710665
PMCPMC3477645
OpenAlexW1973598753

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