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ReviewCancer treatment reviews2018

CXCL9, CXCL10, CXCL11/CXCR3 axis for immune activation - A target for novel cancer therapy.

Ryuma Tokunaga, Wu Zhang, Madiha Naseem, Alberto Puccini, Martin D Berger, Shivani Soni, Michelle McSkane, Hideo Baba, Heinz-Josef Lenz

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Review in Cancer treatment reviews, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,035 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1,035citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
26.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

1,035 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1,565 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ryuma TokunagaDivision of Medical Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States.
Wu ZhangDivision of Medical Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States.
Madiha NaseemDivision of Medical Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States.
Alberto PucciniDivision of Medical Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States.
Martin D BergerDivision of Medical Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States.
Shivani SoniDivision of Medical Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States.
Michelle McSkaneDivision of Medical Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States.
Hideo BabaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 8608556, Japan.
Heinz-Josef LenzDivision of Medical Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States. Electronic address: lenz@usc.edu.
University of Southern California · USKumamoto University · JP

Funding

USC/NORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER (CORE) SUPPORTP30CA014089 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Fumito Ito · 1985 to 2026
$181.4M
Efficacy of Novel Wnt Modulator in Colon CancerR01CA166161 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI KAHN, MICHAEL, LENZ, HEINZ JOSEF · 2013 to 2017
$2.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014089NCI NIH HHS R01 CA166161
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemokines are proteins which induce chemotaxis, promote differentiation of immune cells, and cause tissue extravasation. Given these properties, their role in anti-tumor immune response in the cancer environment is of great interest. Although immunotherapy has shown clinical benefit for some cancer patients, other patients do not respond. One of the mechanisms of resistance to checkpoint inhibitors may be chemokine signaling. The CXCL9, -10, -11/CXCR3 axis regulates immune cell migration, differentiation, and activation, leading to tumor suppression (paracrine axis). However, there are some reports that show involvements of this axis in tumor growth and metastasis (autocrine axis). Thus, a better understanding of CXCL9, -10, -11/CXCR3 axis is necessary to develop effective cancer control. In this article, we summarize recent evidence regarding CXCL9, CXCL10, CXCL11/CXCR3 axis in the immune system and discuss their potential role in cancer treatment.

Indexed as

AnimalsChemokine CXCL10Chemokine CXCL11Chemokine CXCL9HumansLymphocyte ActivationNeoplasmsReceptors, CXCR3Chemokine CXCL10Chemokine CXCL11Chemokine CXCL9Receptors, CXCR3CancerCXCL10CXCL11CXCL9CXCR3Immunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID29207310
PMCPMC5801162
OpenAlexW2770893462

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