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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2014

Monitoring Circulating γδ T Cells in Cancer Patients to Optimize γδ T Cell-Based Immunotherapy.

Hans-Heinrich Oberg, Christian Kellner, Matthias Peipp, Susanne Sebens, Sabine Adam-Klages, Martin Gramatzki, Dieter Kabelitz, Daniela Wesch

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hans-Heinrich ObergInstitute of Immunology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel , Kiel , Germany.
Christian Kellner2nd Medical Department, Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel , Kiel , Germany.
Matthias Peipp2nd Medical Department, Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel , Kiel , Germany.
Susanne SebensInstitute for Experimental Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel , Kiel , Germany.
Sabine Adam-KlagesInstitute of Immunology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel , Kiel , Germany.
Martin Gramatzki2nd Medical Department, Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel , Kiel , Germany.
Dieter KabelitzInstitute of Immunology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel , Kiel , Germany.
Daniela WeschInstitute of Immunology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel , Kiel , Germany.
Kiel University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The success of γδ T cell-based immunotherapy, where the cytotoxic activity of circulating γδ T lymphocytes is activated by nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates (n-BP), or possibly by bispecific antibodies or the combination of both, requires a profound knowledge of patients' γδ T cells. A possible influence of radio- or chemotherapy on γδ T cells as well as their reported exhaustion after repetitive treatment with n-BP or their lack of response to various cancers can be easily determined by the monitoring assays described in this perspective article. Monitoring the absolute cell numbers of circulating γδ T cell subpopulations in small volumes of whole blood from cancer patients and determining γδ T cell cytotoxicity using the Real-Time Cell Analyzer can give a more comprehensive assessment of a personalized tumor treatment. Possible future directions such as the combined usage of n-BP or phosphorylated antigens together with bispecific antibodies that selectively target γδ T cells to tumor-associated antigens, will be discussed. Such strategies induce expansion and enhance γδ T cell cytotoxicity and might possibly avoid their exhaustion and overcome the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment.

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aminobisphosphonatebispecific antibodieshumanmonitoringpancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaphosphorylated antigensγδ T cells

Identifiers

PMID25566256
PMCPMC4269191
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