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ReviewChinese journal of integrative medicine2017

Targeting tumor-associated macrophages by anti-tumor Chinese materia medica.

Wei-Ling Pu, Li-Kang Sun, Xiu-Mei Gao, Curzio Rüegg, Muriel Cuendet, Micheal O Hottiger, Kun Zhou, Lin Miao, Yun-Sha Zhang, Margaret Gebauer

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Review in Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 45% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Wei-Ling PuKey Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
Li-Kang SunKey Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China. likang.sun@bluewin.ch.
Xiu-Mei GaoKey Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
Curzio RüeggPathology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Sciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Muriel CuendetSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Genève, Switzerland.
Micheal O HottigerDepartment of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, University of Zurich-Irchel, Zurich, Switzerland.
Kun ZhouKey Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
Lin MiaoKey Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
Yun-Sha ZhangSchool of Integrative Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
Margaret GebauerChingcura, Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland.
Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNUniversity of Fribourg · CHCenter for Pediatric Endocrinology Zurich · CHUniversity of Lausanne · CHUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) play a key role in all stages of tumorigenesis and tumor progression. TAMs secrete different kinds of cytokines, chemokines, and enzymes to affect the progression, metastasis, and resistance to therapy depending on their state of reprogramming. Therapeutic benefit in targeting TAMs suggests that macrophages are attractive targets for cancer treatment. Chinese materia medica (CMM) is an important approach for treating cancer in China and in the Asian region. According to the theory of Chinese medicine (CM) and its practice, some prescriptions of CM regulate the body's internal environment possibly including the remodeling the tumor microenvironment (TME). Here we briefly summarize the pivotal effects of TAMs in shaping the TME and promoting tumorigenesis, invasion, metastasis and immunosuppression. Furthermore, we illustrate the effects and mechanisms of CMM targeting TAMs in antitumor therapy. Finally, we reveal the CMM's dual-regulatory and multi-targeting functions on regulating TAMs, and hopefully, provide the theoretical basis for CMM clinical practice related to cancer therapy.

Indexed as

Cell PolarityDisease ProgressionDrugs, Chinese HerbalHumansMacrophagesMateria MedicaNeoplasmsDrugs, Chinese HerbalMateria Medicaanti-tumor therapyChinese materia medicaChinese medicinetumor-associated macrophagestumor microenvironment

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PMID28988387
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