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ArticleOncotarget2017

Cancer testis antigen Sperm Protein 17 as a new target for triple negative breast cancer immunotherapy.

Leonardo Mirandola, Elisa Pedretti, Jose A Figueroa, Raffaella Chiaramonte, Michela Colombo, Caroline Chapman, Fabio Grizzi, Federica Patrinicola, W Martin Kast, Diane D Nguyen and 6 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

16 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Leonardo MirandolaKiromic Inc., Houston, TX, USA.
Elisa PedrettiKiromic Inc., Houston, TX, USA.
Jose A FigueroaKiromic Inc., Houston, TX, USA.
Raffaella ChiaramonteDepartment of Health Sciences, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Michela ColomboDepartment of Health Sciences, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Caroline ChapmanBowel Cancer Screening Programme, Eastern Hub Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK.
Fabio GrizziDepartment of Immunology & Inflammation, Humanitas Clinical & Research Center, Milan, Italy.
Federica PatrinicolaDepartment of Immunology & Inflammation, Humanitas Clinical & Research Center, Milan, Italy.
W Martin KastDepartments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Diane D NguyenKiromic Inc., Houston, TX, USA.
Rakhshanda Layeequr RahmanTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo Breast Center of Excellence, Amarillo, TX, USA.
Naval DaverDepartment of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Peter RuvoloDepartment of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Sean M PostDepartment of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Robert S BresalierDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Maurizio Chiriva-InternatiKiromic Inc., Houston, TX, USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USHumanitas University · ITUniversity of Milan · ITNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust · GBTexas Tech University · USUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast carcinoma is a major health issue for millions of women. Current therapies have serious side effects, and are only partially effective in patients with metastatic tumors. Thus, the need for novel and less toxic therapies is urgent. Moreover, hormonal and antibody therapies effective in other subtypes are not effective in Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC). Immunotherapeutic strategies directed against specific tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) and mediated by specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) have been largely underexplored in this disease. Cancer-testis antigens (CTA) are a group of TAAs displaying the ideal characteristics of promising vaccine targets,

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biomarkerbreast cancercancer therapyCTACTL

Identifiers

PMID29088794
PMCPMC5650349
OpenAlexW2742806387

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