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ArticleCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2018

Therapeutic reduction of cell-mediated immunosuppression in mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome.

Larisa J Geskin, Oleg E Akilov, Soonyou Kwon, Michael Schowalter, Simon Watkins, Theresa L Whiteside, Lisa H Butterfield, Louis D Falo

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Article in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising Within a Mycosis Fungoides Plaque: A Case Report.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2026
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  9. The Role of Tumor Microenvironment in the Pathogenesis of Sézary Syndrome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  19. Tumor-infiltrating and circulating granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells correlate with disease activity and adverse clinical outcomes in mycosis fungoides.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Larisa J GeskinDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 500.68 Medical Arts Building, 3708 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
Oleg E AkilovDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 500.68 Medical Arts Building, 3708 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
Soonyou KwonDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 500.68 Medical Arts Building, 3708 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
Michael SchowalterDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 500.68 Medical Arts Building, 3708 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
Simon WatkinsDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Theresa L WhitesideDepartment of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Lisa H ButterfieldDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Louis D FaloDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 500.68 Medical Arts Building, 3708 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA. lof2@pitt.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · USUPMC Hillman Cancer Center · US

Funding

WITHIN SUBJ VARIABILITY IN MEASUREMENTS DRUG METABOL ENZYMES IN HLTY SUBJM01RR000056 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LEVINE, ARTHUR S · 1985 to 2006
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Therapuetic Immune Targeting of EphA2 Expressed by Melanoma & Its Tumor-AssociateP50CA121973 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KIRKWOOD, JOHN MUNN · 2008 to 2018
$22.9M
MNA Delivery of Neurokinin 1 Receptor Antagonists to Treat Atopic DermatitisR01AR071277 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FALO, LOUIS D, LARREGINA, ADRIANA T · 2017 to 2021
$2.4M
Manipulating Cutaneous Neuroimmunity to Treat Contact DermatitisR01AR068249 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FALO, LOUIS D, LARREGINA, ADRIANA T · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
Dendritic Cell Threapy for Cutaneous T-Cell LymphomaR01CA106662 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FALO, LOUIS D · 2005 to 2009
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA121973NCI NIH HHS P50CA121973NCI NIH HHS R01 CA106662NCRR NIH HHS CTSANCRR NIH HHS M01 RR000056NCRR NIH HHS M01-RR-000056NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR068249NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR071277
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor progression is associated with progressive immunosuppression mediated in part by T regulatory cell(s) (Treg) and/or myeloid-derived suppressor cell(s) (MDSC). Development of strategies to reduce populations of immune cells with suppressive function in cancer patients may enable the induction or recovery of immunity against tumor cells, which may limit or reverse disease progression. With a goal of developing Treg and MDSC neutralizing strategies to treat mycosis fungoides (MF) and Sézary syndrome (SzS), we determined the association between disease stage and suppressor cell populations in patients with MF/SzS, including those responding to therapy. We found elevations in Treg populations, across Treg subtypes, in patients with SzS, and these Treg markedly suppressed proliferation of autologous CD4

Indexed as

Immunosuppression TherapyAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic AgentsCells, CulturedDiphtheria ToxinDrug CombinationsFemaleHumansImmune ToleranceInterferon-alphaInterferon alpha-2Interleukin-2MaleMiddle AgedMycosis FungoidesAntineoplastic Agentsdenileukin diftitoxDiphtheria ToxinDrug CombinationsInterferon-alphaInterferon alpha-2Interferon-alpha2bInterleukin-2Recombinant Fusion ProteinsCutaneous T-cell lymphomaMycosis fungoidesMyeloid-derived suppressor cellsSézary syndromeT regulatory cells

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PMID29204699
PMCPMC8274400
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