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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2015

Immunotherapeutic advancements for glioblastoma.

Leonel Ampie, Eric C Woolf, Christopher Dardis

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Immuno-oncology: are TAM receptors in glioblastoma friends or foes?Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2021
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  13. PD-L1/PD-1 Axis in Glioblastoma Multiforme.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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  17. Harnessing the immune system in glioblastoma.British journal of cancer · 2018
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leonel AmpieDepartment of Neurology, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Barrow Neurological Institute , Phoenix, AZ , USA.
Eric C WoolfDepartment of Neurology, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Barrow Neurological Institute , Phoenix, AZ , USA.
Christopher DardisDepartment of Neurology, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Barrow Neurological Institute , Phoenix, AZ , USA.
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy seeks to improve the body's immune response to a tumor. Currently, the principal mechanisms employed are: (1) to improve an aspect of the immune response (e.g., T cell activation) and (2) to encourage the targeting of particular antigens. The latter is typically achieved by exposing the immune system to the antigen in question, in vivo, or in vitro followed by re-introduction of the primed cells to the body. The clinical relevance of these approaches has already been demonstrated for solid tumors such as melanoma and prostate cancer. The central nervous system was previously thought to be immune privileged. However, we know now that the immune system is highly active in the brain and interacts with brain tumors. Thus, harnessing and exploiting this interaction represents an important approach for treating malignant brain tumors. We present a summary of progress in this area, focusing particularly on immune-checkpoint inhibition, vaccines, and T cell engineering.

Indexed as

antibodiescheckpoint modulatorsglioblastomaimmunotherapymonoclonalT cell engineeringvaccines

Identifiers

PMID25688335
PMCPMC4310287
OpenAlexW1991131563

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