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ReviewTrends in cancer2018

Re-Emergence of Dendritic Cell Vaccines for Cancer Treatment.

Mansi Saxena, Nina Bhardwaj

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Review in Trends in cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 166 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
166citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
14.7field-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

166 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 292 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Autologous tumor lysate-loaded dendritic cell vaccination in glioblastoma patients: a systematic review of literature.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  19. Interferon Epsilon Loss Is Elusive 9p21 Link to Immune-Cold Tumors, Resistant to Immune Checkpoint Therapy, and Endogenous CXCL9/10 Induction.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2025
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106 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mansi SaxenaThe Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY 10029, USA.
Nina BhardwajThe Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY 10029, USA; Parker Institute of Cancer Immunotherapy, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA. Electronic address: nina.bhardwaj@mssm.edu.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

Modulating anti-HIV immunity by plasmacytoid dendritic cellsR01AI081848 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI BHARDWAJ, NINA · 2010 to 2021
$4.5M
Immunology Training GrantT32AI007605 · NIAID · MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NYU · PI LIRA, SERGIO A. · 2001 to 2017
$2.2M
NK cell exhaustion in metastatic melanomaR01CA201189 · NCI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI BHARDWAJ, NINA · 2016 to 2020
$2.1M
Matrix metalloproteinase-2 modulates inflammation via TLR2R01CA180913 · NCI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI BHARDWAJ, NINA · 2014 to 2018
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA180913NCI NIH HHS R01 CA201189NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI081848NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007605
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic cells (DCs) are essential in immunity owing to their role in activating T cells, thereby promoting antitumor responses. Tumor cells, however, hijack the immune system, causing T cell exhaustion and DC dysfunction. Tumor-induced T cell exhaustion may be reversed through immune checkpoint blockade (ICB); however, this treatment fails to show clinical benefit in many patients. While ICB serves to reverse T cell exhaustion, DCs are still necessary to prime, activate, and direct the T cells to target tumor cells. In this review we provide a brief overview of DC function, describe mechanisms by which DC functions are disrupted by the tumor microenvironment, and highlight recent developments in DC cancer vaccines.

Indexed as

AnimalsCancer VaccinesDendritic CellsHumansNeoplasmsCancer Vaccinescancerdendritic cellsimmune suppressionimmunotherapytumor microenvironmentvaccines

Identifiers

PMID29458962
PMCPMC5823288
OpenAlexW2784346742

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