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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2017

Neutrophils in Gliomas.

Matteo Massara, Pasquale Persico, Ornella Bonavita, Valeria Mollica Poeta, Massimo Locati, Matteo Simonelli, Raffaella Bonecchi

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
100citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

100 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 129 citations in OpenAlex.

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40 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matteo MassaraHumanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy.
Pasquale PersicoHumanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy.
Ornella BonavitaHumanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy.
Valeria Mollica PoetaHumanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy.
Massimo LocatiHumanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy.
Matteo SimonelliHumanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy.
Raffaella BonecchiHumanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy.
Humanitas University · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neutrophils are the most abundant white blood cells and are the first recruited to inflammatory sites. Neutrophils are an important component of the tumor stroma and can exert both anti-tumoral and pro-tumoral activities, depending on their maturation and activation state. In human gliomas, the number of circulating and infiltrating neutrophils correlates with the severity of the disease, indicating a prognostic and possible pro-tumoral role for these leukocytes. In glioma preclinical models, neutrophils promote tumor growth and orchestrate the resistance to anti-angiogenic therapies. Nevertheless, recent data indicate that neutrophils can be activated to directly kill tumor cells or to orchestrate the anti-tumoral response. Here, we review current knowledge about the role of neutrophils in glioma and their possible involvement in new strategies to improve current cancer therapies.

Indexed as

cancer immunotherapychemokinesgliomaimmunotherapyinflammation and cancerneutrophils

Identifiers

PMID29123517
PMCPMC5662581
OpenAlexW2766685632

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