Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29123952›Full record

ReviewOncoimmunology

Mevalonate metabolism governs cancer immune surveillance.

Georg Gruenbacher, Martin Thurnher

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Oncoimmunology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. SOAT1 promotes mevalonate pathway dependency in pancreatic cancer.The Journal of experimental medicine · 2020
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Georg GruenbacherImmunotherapy Research Unit, Department of Urology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Martin ThurnherImmunotherapy Research Unit, Department of Urology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Innsbruck Medical University · ATUniversität Innsbruck · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 28923
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The metabolic reprogramming that drives immunity engages the mevalonate pathway for cholesterol biosynthesis and protein prenylation. The importance of tight regulation of this metabolic route is reflected by the fact that too low activity impairs cellular function and survival, whereas hyperactivity can lead to malignant transformation. Here, we first address how mevalonate metabolism drives immunity and then highlight ways of the immune system to respond to both, limited and uncontrolled flux through the mevalonate pathway. Immune responses elicited by mevalonate pathway dysregulation may be harnessed to increase the clinical efficacy of current cancer therapy regimens.

Indexed as

ATP citrate lyasecancercholesteroldendritic cellsfluxHMG-CoA reductaseimmunometabolismmacrophagesmevalonateprotein prenylationT lymphocytes

Identifiers

PMID29123952
PMCPMC5665080
OpenAlexW2740697934

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Registered trials

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