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ArticleCancer science2018

Involvement of local renin-angiotensin system in immunosuppression of tumor microenvironment.

Kenta Nakamura, Tomonori Yaguchi, Gaku Ohmura, Asuka Kobayashi, Naoshi Kawamura, Takashi Iwata, Yukiko Kiniwa, Ryuhei Okuyama, Yutaka Kawakami

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Article in Cancer science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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51citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 84 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kenta NakamuraDivision of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1350-0365
Tomonori YaguchiDivision of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Gaku OhmuraDivision of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Asuka KobayashiDivision of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Naoshi KawamuraDivision of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Takashi IwataDivision of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yukiko KiniwaDepartment of Dermatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan.
Ryuhei OkuyamaDepartment of Dermatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan.
Yutaka KawakamiDivision of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Keio University · JPShinshu University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To improve current cancer immunotherapies, strategies to modulate various immunosuppressive cells including myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC) which were shown to be negative factors in immune-checkpoint blockade therapy, need to be developed. In the present study, we evaluated the role of the local renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in the tumor immune-microenvironment using murine models bearing tumor cell lines in which RAS was not involved in their proliferation and angiogenetic ability. Giving angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARB) to C57BL/6 mice bearing murine colon cancer cell line MC38 resulted in significant enhancement of tumor antigen gp70 specific T cells. ARB administration did not change the numbers of CD11b

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Angiotensin Receptor AntagonistsAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmCancer-Associated FibroblastsCell Line, TumorColonic NeoplasmsHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeoplasm TransplantationNitric OxideRenin-Angiotensin SystemTumor MicroenvironmentAngiotensin Receptor AntagonistsAntigens, NeoplasmNitric Oxideangiotensin receptor antagonistcancer-associated fibroblastmyeloid cellprogrammed cell death 1 receptorrenin-angiotensin system

Identifiers

PMID29034589
PMCPMC5765296
OpenAlexW2766366755

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