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ArticleNature communications2018

Breast and pancreatic cancer interrupt IRF8-dependent dendritic cell development to overcome immune surveillance.

Melissa A Meyer, John M Baer, Brett L Knolhoff, Timothy M Nywening, Roheena Z Panni, Xinming Su, Katherine N Weilbaecher, William G Hawkins, Cynthia Ma, Ryan C Fields and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 149 papers.

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149citing papers in PubMed
8.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

149 citing papers in PubMed, 208 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

15 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Melissa A MeyerDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
John M BaerDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Brett L KnolhoffDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Timothy M NyweningDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Roheena Z PanniDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Xinming SuDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Katherine N WeilbaecherDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
William G HawkinsDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Cynthia MaDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Ryan C FieldsDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
David C LinehanDepartment of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA.
Grant A ChallenDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Roberta FaccioDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Rebecca L AftDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
David G DeNardoDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA. ddenardo@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · USJohn Cochran VA Medical Center · USUniversity of Rochester Medical Center · US

Funding

Washington University Center for Cellular ImagingP30CA091842 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TIMOTHY J. EBERLEIN · 2001 to 2026
$128.0M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYT32GM007067 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TRUE-KROB, HEATHER L · 1985 to 2020
$20.4M
SURGICAL ONCOLOGY TRAINING GRANTT32CA009621 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TIMOTHY J. EBERLEIN, William E. Gillanders · 1988 to 2026
$12.9M
Washington University SPORE in Pancreatic CancerP50CA196510 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI FIELDS, RYAN C · 2016 to 2020
$10.9M
The Impact of Macrophage Origin on the Pathogenesis and Treatment Resistance of Pancreatic CancerR01CA177670 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DENARDO, DAVID G · 2014 to 2023
$3.3M
COMBINED TUMOR AND STROMAL TARGETING TO IMPROVE PANCREATIC CANCER RESPONSE TO IMMUNOTHERAPYR01CA203890 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DENARDO, DAVID G · 2016 to 2020
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA091842NCI NIH HHS P50 CA196510NCI NIH HHS R01 CA177670NCI NIH HHS R01 CA203890NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009621NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007067
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumors employ multiple mechanisms to evade immune surveillance. One mechanism is tumor-induced myelopoiesis, whereby the expansion of immunosuppressive myeloid cells can impair tumor immunity. As myeloid cells and conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) are derived from the same progenitors, we postulated that myelopoiesis might impact cDC development. The cDC subset, cDC1, which includes human CD141

Indexed as

Immunologic SurveillanceAnimalsAntigens, CDAntigens, SurfaceAntineoplastic AgentsBone Marrow CellsBreast NeoplasmsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCytokinesDendritic CellsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansImmunotherapyIntegrin alpha Chainsalpha E integrinsAntigens, CDAntigens, SurfaceAntineoplastic AgentsCytokinesIntegrin alpha ChainsInterferon Regulatory Factor-8Interferon Regulatory FactorsTHBD protein, humanThrombomodulin

Identifiers

PMID29593283
PMCPMC5871846
OpenAlexW2794862639

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