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ReviewOncoimmunology2015

The correlations between IL-17 vs. Th17 cells and cancer patient survival: a systematic review.

Simone Punt, Jessica M Langenhoff, H Putter, Gert Jan Fleuren, Arko Gorter, Ekaterina S Jordanova

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Review in Oncoimmunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers.

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73citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

73 citing papers in PubMed, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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13 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Simone PuntDepartment of Pathology; Leiden University Medical Center ; Leiden, The Netherlands.
Jessica M LangenhoffWalaeus Library; Leiden University Medical Center ; Leiden, The Netherlands.
H PutterDepartment of Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics; Leiden University Medical Center ; Leiden, The Netherlands.
Gert Jan FleurenDepartment of Pathology; Leiden University Medical Center ; Leiden, The Netherlands.
Arko GorterDepartment of Pathology; Leiden University Medical Center ; Leiden, The Netherlands.
Ekaterina S JordanovaDepartment of Pathology; Leiden University Medical Center ; Leiden, The Netherlands.
Leiden University Medical Center · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Both IL-17 and Th17 cells have been ascribed tumor promoting as well as tumor suppressing functions. We reviewed the literature on correlations between IL-17 versus Th17 cells and survival in human cancer, following the PRISMA guidelines. Serum, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue and peripheral blood samples were most frequently studied. High IL-17 quantities were correlated with poor prognosis, whereas high Th17 cell frequencies were correlated with improved prognosis. Since Th17 cells are a subpopulation of IL-17

Indexed as

cancerFFPE, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embeddedIL-17PBMC, peripheral blood mononuclear cellsRORγ, receptor-related orphan receptor gammasurvivalTh17TNM, tumor node metastasis stagetumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID25949881
PMCPMC4404813
OpenAlexW2137119270

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