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ReviewJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2015

Landscape of Tumor Antigens in T Cell Immunotherapy.

Sadia Ilyas, James C Yang

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
94citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

94 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 156 citations in OpenAlex.

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34 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sadia IlyasSurgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
James C YangSurgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 JamesYang@mail.nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Generation of T-cell receptors recognizing antigens on non-melanoma tumorsZIABC011337 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI YANG, JAMES C · 2010 to 2025
$10.4M
STUDY OF INTERLEUKIN-2 BASED IMMUNOTHERAPYZ01SC006660 · SC · DIVISION OF CLINICAL SCIENCES - NCI · PI YANG, JAMES C · 1996 to 2008
$1.8M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 SC006660Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC011337
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer immunotherapy is a rapidly evolving field that exploits T cell responses to tumor-associated Ags to induce tumor rejection. Molecular identification of tumor rejection Ags has helped define several classes of Ags, including tissue differentiation and tumor germline Ags. The ability to genetically engineer Ag-specific receptors into T cells provides an opportunity to translate these findings into therapies. New immunotherapy agents, notably checkpoint inhibitors, have demonstrated unprecedented efficacy in certain cancers. However, the nature of the Ags driving those beneficial immune responses remains unclear. New evidence suggests that tumors express immunogenic, tumor-specific epitopes generated from the same mutations that drive cancer development. Correlations between cancer types responding to immunotherapies and the frequency of somatic mutations may clarify what drives natural antitumor immune responses. This fusion of tumor immunology and genetics is leading to new ways to target this class of ideal tumor-specific Ags and could allow the application of immunotherapy to many cancers.

Indexed as

Adoptive TransferAntigens, DifferentiationAntigens, NeoplasmEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHumansNeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-LymphocytesAntigens, DifferentiationAntigens, NeoplasmEpitopes, T-LymphocyteReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

Identifiers

PMID26589749
PMCPMC4656134
OpenAlexW2179056957

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