Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29191914›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2018

Resolvins suppress tumor growth and enhance cancer therapy.

Megan L Sulciner, Charles N Serhan, Molly M Gilligan, Dayna K Mudge, Jaimie Chang, Allison Gartung, Kristen A Lehner, Diane R Bielenberg, Birgitta Schmidt, Jesmond Dalli and 11 more

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06887673 (Exploring the Impact of Montelukast, SPM, and/or Almond/Almond Oil Supplementation on Lipid Mediator Biosynthesis in Colorectal, Sarcomas, Brain Tumors, Endometrial, and Ovarian Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 172 papers.

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172citing papers in PubMed
9.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT06887673 early_phase1not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Exploring the Impact of Montelukast, SPM, and/or Almond/Almond Oil Supplementation on Lipid Mediator Biosynthesis in Colorectal, Sarcomas, Brain Tumors, Endometrial, and Ovarian Cancer: A Pilot Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of South FloridaRan2025 to 2026Enrolled56ConditionsColorectal Cancer, Sarcoma, Brain Tumors, Endometrial CancerArmsNo Interventions, Sports Pro Resolve 4 g, Double Wood SPM 4 g, 20 California Sweet Almonds, Montelukast 10 Mg Oral Tablet
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

172 citing papers in PubMed, 253 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Megan L SulcinerCenter for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Charles N SerhanCenter for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA cserhan@bwh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4627-8545
Molly M GilliganCenter for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0002-7342-9858
Dayna K MudgeCenter for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Jaimie ChangCenter for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Allison GartungCenter for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Kristen A LehnerCenter for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Diane R BielenbergVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Birgitta SchmidtDepartment of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Jesmond DalliCenter for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Emily R GreeneCenter for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Yael Gus-BrautbarCenter for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Julia PiwowarskiCenter for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Tadanori MammotoVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
David ZurakowskiDepartment of Anesthesia, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Mauro PerrettiThe William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, England, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2068-3331
Vikas P SukhatmeCancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Arja KaipainenHuman Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
Mark W KieranDivision of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA mark_kieran@dfci.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2184-7692
Sui HuangInstitute of Systems Biology, Seattle, WA sui.huang@systemsbiology.org.
Dipak PanigrahyCenter for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA dpanigra@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USBoston Children's Hospital · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USFred Hutch Cancer Center · USInstitute for Systems Biology · USQueen Mary University of London · GB

Funding

Resolution Mechanisms in Acute Inflammation: Resolution PharmacologyP01GM095467 · NIGMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI PETASIS, NICOS A · 2011 to 2020
$14.8M
Controlling cancer with aspirin-triggered stimulation of resolutionR01CA170549 · NCI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI PANIGRAHY, DIPAK, SERHAN, CHARLES NICHOLAS · 2012 to 2015
$1.9M
Molecular and Functional Characterization of Chemerin ReceptorsR01AI079320 · NIAID · PALO ALTO VETERANS INSTIT FOR RESEARCH · PI ZABEL, BRIAN A. · 2009 to 2013
$1.7M
Chemerin in Tumor Immunity and SurveillanceR01CA169354 · NCI · PALO ALTO VETERANS INSTIT FOR RESEARCH · PI BUTCHER, EUGENE C · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA169354NCI NIH HHS R01 CA170549NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI079320NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM095467Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 086867/Z/08
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer therapy reduces tumor burden by killing tumor cells, yet it simultaneously creates tumor cell debris that may stimulate inflammation and tumor growth. Thus, conventional cancer therapy is inherently a double-edged sword. In this study, we show that tumor cells killed by chemotherapy or targeted therapy ("tumor cell debris") stimulate primary tumor growth when coinjected with a subthreshold (nontumorigenic) inoculum of tumor cells by triggering macrophage proinflammatory cytokine release after phosphatidylserine exposure. Debris-stimulated tumors were inhibited by antiinflammatory and proresolving lipid autacoids, namely resolvin D1 (RvD1), RvD2, or RvE1. These mediators specifically inhibit debris-stimulated cancer progression by enhancing clearance of debris via macrophage phagocytosis in multiple tumor types. Resolvins counterregulate the release of cytokines/chemokines, including TNFα, IL-6, IL-8, CCL4, and CCL5, by human macrophages stimulated with cell debris. These results demonstrate that enhancing endogenous clearance of tumor cell debris is a new therapeutic target that may complement cytotoxic cancer therapies.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalDocosahexaenoic AcidsHumansInflammation MediatorsMacrophagesMelanoma, ExperimentalMiceMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicNeoplasmsPhagocytosisAntineoplastic AgentsCytokinesDocosahexaenoic AcidsInflammation MediatorsPhosphatidylserines

Identifiers

PMID29191914
PMCPMC5748851
OpenAlexW2771932310

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