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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2013

Monitoring regulatory immune responses in tumor immunotherapy clinical trials.

Brian M Olson, Douglas G McNeel

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brian M OlsonDepartment of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center Madison, WI, USA.
Douglas G McNeel
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Androgen Receptor Targeted Vaccines for Prostate CancerR01CA142608 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI MCNEEL, DOUGLAS G. · 2010 to 2014
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA142608
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While immune monitoring of tumor immunotherapy often focuses on the generation of productive Th1-type inflammatory immune responses, the importance of regulatory immune responses is often overlooked, despite the well-documented effects of regulatory immune responses in suppressing anti-tumor immunity. In a variety of malignancies, the frequency of regulatory cell populations has been shown to correlate with disease progression and a poor prognosis, further emphasizing the importance of characterizing the effects of immunotherapy on these populations. This review focuses on the role of suppressive immune populations (regulatory T cells, myeloid-derived suppressor cells, and tumor-associated macrophages) in inhibiting anti-tumor immunity, how these populations have been used in the immune monitoring of clinical trials, the prognostic value of these responses, and how the monitoring of these regulatory responses can be improved in the future.

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immune monitoringmyeloid-derived suppressor cellspredictors of responseregulatory T cellssuppressiontolerance

Identifiers

PMID23653893
PMCPMC3644716
OpenAlexW2051674693

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