Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23622132›Full record

ReviewGastroenterology2013

Role of immune cells and immune-based therapies in pancreatitis and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Lei Zheng, Jing Xue, Elizabeth M Jaffee, Aida Habtezion

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Review in Gastroenterology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 196 papers.

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196citing papers in PubMed
17.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

196 citing papers in PubMed, 320 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lei ZhengThe Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. Lzheng6@jhmi.edu
Jing Xue
Elizabeth M Jaffee
Aida Habtezion
Stanford University · USSidney Kimmel Cancer Center · USSidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

Tumor Antigens for Individual Signatures and TherapyP50CA062924 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LENNON, ANNE MARIE · 1993 to 2022
$54.6M
Proteomics/GenomicsP30DK056339 · NIDDK · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GREENBERG, HARRY BERNARD · 2001 to 2010
$10.4M
Interrogate the interaction between tumor cells and nerves in the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancerR01CA169702 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI ZHENG, LEI · 2013 to 2023
$3.6M
Role of hemeoxygenase-1 in experimental acute pancreatitisR01DK092421 · NIDDK · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI HABTEZION, AIDA · 2011 to 2020
$3.5M
Dissecting the mechanisms of immune tolerance within the pancreatic tumor's microK23CA148964 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ZHENG, LEI · 2010 to 2014
$888k
NCI NIH HHS K23 CA148964NCI NIH HHS K23 CA148964-01NCI NIH HHS P50 CA062924NCI NIH HHS P50 CA062924-14NCI NIH HHS R01 CA169702NIDDK NIH HHS DK56339NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056339NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK092421
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune cells are important in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis and determine disease severity. Results from cytokine-based clinical trials for acute pancreatitis have been disappointing, so strategies that target and alter the behavior of infiltrating immune cells require consideration. Recurrent acute pancreatitis can progress to chronic pancreatitis, which is a well-described risk factor for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). However, most patients with chronic pancreatitis do not develop PDA, and most patients with PDA do not have a history of pancreatitis. Interestingly, chronic pancreatitis and PDA tissues have similarities in their desmoplasia and inflammatory infiltrates, indicating overlapping inflammatory responses. Further studies are needed to determine the differences and similarities of these responses, improve our understanding of PDA pathogenesis, and develop specific immune-based therapies. Immune cells in PDA produce immunosuppressive signals that allow tumors to evade the immune response. Unlike single therapeutic agent studies that block immunosuppressive mechanisms, studies of combination therapies that include therapeutic vaccines have provided promising results.

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyAcute DiseaseAdaptive ImmunityAnimalsCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalDisease ProgressionHumansImmunity, InnatePancreasPancreatic NeoplasmsPancreatitisPancreatitis, ChronicRisk FactorsTreatment Outcome

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PMID23622132
PMCPMC3641650
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