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ArticleOncoimmunology2015

BTLA marks a less-differentiated tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte subset in melanoma with enhanced survival properties.

Cara L Haymaker, Richard C Wu, Krit Ritthipichai, Chantale Bernatchez, Marie-Andrée Forget, Jie Qing Chen, Hui Liu, Ena Wang, Francesco Marincola, Patrick Hwu and 1 more

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Article in Oncoimmunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

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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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 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

11 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Cara L HaymakerDepartment of Melanoma Medical Oncology; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Houston, TX USA.
Richard C WuDepartment of Melanoma Medical Oncology; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Houston, TX USA ; MD/PhD Program; University of Texas Medical School at Houston ; Houston, TX USA ; Graduate Program in Immunology; University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences ; Houston, TX USA ; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Department of Internal Medicine ; Dallas, TX USA.
Krit RitthipichaiDepartment of Melanoma Medical Oncology; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Houston, TX USA ; Graduate Program in Immunology; University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences ; Houston, TX USA.
Chantale BernatchezDepartment of Melanoma Medical Oncology; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Houston, TX USA ; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Department of Internal Medicine ; Dallas, TX USA.
Marie-Andrée ForgetDepartment of Melanoma Medical Oncology; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Houston, TX USA.
Jie Qing ChenDepartment of Melanoma Medical Oncology; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Houston, TX USA ; Lion Biotechnologies ; Tampa, FL USA.
Hui LiuInfectious Disease and Immunogenetics Section; Department of Transfusion Medicine; Clinical Center and trans-NIH Center for Human Immunology; National Institutes of Health ; Bethesda, MD USA.
Ena WangInfectious Disease and Immunogenetics Section; Department of Transfusion Medicine; Clinical Center and trans-NIH Center for Human Immunology; National Institutes of Health ; Bethesda, MD USA ; Sidra Medical Research Hospital ; Doha, Qatar.
Francesco MarincolaSurgery Branch; National Cancer Institute; National Institutes of Health ; Bethesda, MD USA ; Department of Immunology; H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center ; Tampa, FL USA.
Patrick HwuDepartment of Melanoma Medical Oncology; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Houston, TX USA ; Lion Biotechnologies ; Tampa, FL USA.
Laszlo G RadvanyiDepartment of Melanoma Medical Oncology; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Houston, TX USA ; Lion Biotechnologies ; Tampa, FL USA ; Department of Immunology; H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center ; Tampa, FL USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USImmungenetics (Germany) · DEThe University of Texas at Austin · USUniversity of Tampa · USMoffitt Cancer Center · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCTS)UL1TR000371 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI MCPHERSON, DAVID D · 2012 to 2016
$13.4M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000371
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a recent adoptive cell therapy (ACT) clinical trial using autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in patients with metastatic melanoma, we found an association between CD8

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B- and T-lymphocyte attenuatorCD8+ effector-memorymelanomaT cell survival/persistencetumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

Identifiers

PMID26405566
PMCPMC4570103
OpenAlexW2283867425

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