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ReviewOncoimmunology

Trial watch: Dendritic cell-based anticancer immunotherapy.

Abhishek D Garg, Monica Vara Perez, Marco Schaaf, Patrizia Agostinis, Laurence Zitvogel, Guido Kroemer, Lorenzo Galluzzi

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Oncoimmunology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06471673 (A Study of BRIA-OTS Cellular Immunotherapy in Metastatic Recurrent Breast Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 81 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
81citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

NCT06471673 phase1 / phase2recruitingnot on this map

A Study of BRIA-OTS Cellular Immunotherapy in Metastatic Recurrent Breast Cancer

TypeinterventionalSponsorBriaCell Therapeutics CorporationRan2024 to 2025Enrolled18ConditionsBreast Cancer, Breast Tumor, Cancer of Breast, Cancer of the BreastArmsBC1 cell line, Bria-OTS regimen and CPI (tislelizumab), Bria-OTS regimen and CPI (tislelizumab) expansion cohort
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

81 citing papers in PubMed, 117 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Abhishek D GargCell Death Research & Therapy (CDRT) Lab, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Monica Vara PerezCell Death Research & Therapy (CDRT) Lab, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Marco SchaafCell Death Research & Therapy (CDRT) Lab, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Patrizia AgostinisCell Death Research & Therapy (CDRT) Lab, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Laurence ZitvogelGustave Roussy Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Villejuif, France.
Guido KroemerUniversité Paris Descartes/Paris V, Paris, France.
Lorenzo GalluzziUniversité Paris Descartes/Paris V, Paris, France.
KU Leuven · BEDélégation Paris 5 · FRUniversité Paris-Sud · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic cell (DC)-based vaccines against cancer have been extensively developed over the past two decades. Typically DC-based cancer immunotherapy entails loading patient-derived DCs with an appropriate source of tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) and efficient DC stimulation through a so-called "maturation cocktail" (typically a combination of pro-inflammatory cytokines and Toll-like receptor agonists), followed by DC reintroduction into patients. DC vaccines have been documented to (re)activate tumor-specific T cells in both preclinical and clinical settings. There is considerable clinical interest in combining DC-based anticancer vaccines with T cell-targeting immunotherapies. This reflects the established capacity of DC-based vaccines to generate a pool of TAA-specific effector T cells and facilitate their infiltration into the tumor bed. In this Trial Watch, we survey the latest trends in the preclinical and clinical development of DC-based anticancer therapeutics. We also highlight how the emergence of immune checkpoint blockers and adoptive T-cell transfer-based approaches has modified the clinical niche for DC-based vaccines within the wide cancer immunotherapy landscape.

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Antigen cross-presentationDAMPsimmune-checkpoint blockersplasmacytoid dendritic cellsTLR signalingtumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

Identifiers

PMID28811970
PMCPMC5543823
OpenAlexW2612580348

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