Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23339845›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology2013

Lymphotoxin network pathways shape the tumor microenvironment.

Ryan L Bjordahl, Christian Steidl, Randy D Gascoyne, Carl F Ware

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Review in Current opinion in immunology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ryan L BjordahlInfectious and Inflammatory Diseases Center, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, 10901N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Christian Steidl
Randy D Gascoyne
Carl F Ware
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute · USUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

Anti-herpesvirus Signaling by LTalphabeta/LIGHT CytokinesR01AI048073 · NIAID · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI WARE, CARL F · 2001 to 2016
$7.0M
HVEM-BTLA system in InflammationR01AI067890 · NIAID · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI WARE, CARL F · 2007 to 2016
$4.3M
Lymphotoxin alpha Beta and LIGHT cytokine systemsR37AI033068 · NIAID · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI WARE, CARL F · 2003 to 2012
$4.2M
HVEM-BTLA Pathway in LymphomaR01CA164679 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI WARE, CARL F · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
Trans-disciplinary Postdoctoral Training in Cancer BiologyT32CA121949 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI RONAI, ZEEV A. · 2007 to 2011
$1.8M
SURFACE LYMPHOTOXIN A/B COMPLEXESR01AI033068 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI WARE, CARL F · 1994 to 2002
$1.0M
NCI NIH HHS CA164679NCI NIH HHS R01 CA164679NCI NIH HHS T32 CA121949NCI NIH HHS T32CA121949NIAID NIH HHS AI033068NIAID NIH HHS AI48073NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI033068NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI048073NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI067890NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI033068
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulating evidence indicates that Lymphotoxin (LT)-β related cytokines directly contribute to the phenotype of cancer cells and alter the tumor microenvironment. Lymphotoxins are part of a cytokine network well known in controlling the development and homeostasis of secondary lymphoid organs. In the adult, the LT network takes on the responsibility of generating inflammatory microenvironments that control innate and adaptive immune responses involved in host defense. This review provides a perspective of the emerging evidence implicating the LT Network in the development and progression of various cancers including lymphoma. Redirecting the LT Network to alter tumor microenvironments may provide a specific approach to therapeutically target tumor-permissive microenvironments and cancer progression.

Indexed as

HumansLymphotoxin-alphaNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentLymphotoxin-alpha

Identifiers

PMID23339845
PMCPMC3646954
OpenAlexW2075881927

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