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ReviewExpert review of clinical immunology2017

Chemokines as adjuvants for immunotherapy: implications for immune activation with CCL3.

Teilo H Schaller, Kristen A Batich, Carter M Suryadevara, Rupen Desai, John H Sampson

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Review in Expert review of clinical immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

88 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Teilo H Schallera Duke Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, Department of Neurosurgery , Duke University Medical Center , Durham , NC , USA.
Kristen A Baticha Duke Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, Department of Neurosurgery , Duke University Medical Center , Durham , NC , USA.
Carter M Suryadevaraa Duke Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, Department of Neurosurgery , Duke University Medical Center , Durham , NC , USA.
Rupen Desaia Duke Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, Department of Neurosurgery , Duke University Medical Center , Durham , NC , USA.
John H Sampsona Duke Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, Department of Neurosurgery , Duke University Medical Center , Durham , NC , USA.

Funding

Medical Scientist Training Program Training GrantT32GM145449 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Christopher D Kontos · 2022 to 2026
$6.6M
Clinical Brain Tumor Development of a Cytomegalovirus-targeted Therapeutic with Vaccine pre-conditioning to Validate Novel Predictors of Vaccine EfficacyR01CA235612 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SAMPSON, JOHN H. · 2019 to 2022
$2.0M
CCL3 as a Developmental Therapeutic to Enhance Brain Tumor TherapyR01NS099463 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SAMPSON, JOHN H. · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
Enhancing dendritic cell migration to drive potent anti-tumor immune responsesF30CA180411 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BATICH, KRISTEN · 2013 to 2016
$188k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA180411NCI NIH HHS R01 CA235612NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM145449NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS099463
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionImmunotherapy embodies any approach that manipulates the immune system for therapeutic benefit. In this regard, various clinical trials have employed direct vaccination with patient-specific dendritic cells or adoptive T cell therapy to target highly aggressive tumors. Both modalities have demonstrated great specificity, an advantage that is unmatched by other treatment strategies. However, their full potential has yet to be realized. Areas covered: In this review, we provide an overview of chemokines in pathogen and anti-tumor immune responses and discuss further improving immunotherapies by arming particular chemokine axes. Expert commentary: The chemokine macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1α, CCL3) has emerged as a potent activator of both innate and adaptive responses. Specifically, CCL3 plays a critical role in recruiting distinct immune phenotypes to intratumoral sites, is a pivotal player in regulating lymph node homing of dendritic cell subsets, and induces antigen-specific T cell responses. The recent breadth of literature outlines the various interactions of CCL3 with these cellular subsets, which have now served as a basis for immunotherapeutic translation.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAdaptive ImmunityAnimalsChemokine CCL3ChemokinesDendritic CellsHumansImmunity, InnateImmunotherapy, AdoptiveInfectionsNeoplasmsT-LymphocytesAdjuvants, ImmunologicChemokine CCL3Chemokinesantigen-specific T cellantitumorCCL3Chemokinesdendritic cellimmunotherapymacrophage inflammatory protein-1 alphaMIP-1a

Identifiers

PMID28965431
PMCPMC6020048

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