Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29709260›Full record

ReviewTrends in cancer2018

Noninvasive PET Imaging of T cells.

Weijun Wei, Dawei Jiang, Emily B Ehlerding, Quanyong Luo, Weibo Cai

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In one paragraph

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 64 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
64citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Recent advances in non-invasiveBiomaterials science · 2025
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  5. Radiopharmaceuticals and their applications in medicine.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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  6. Visualizing T-cell activation: PET imaging of CXCL9 as a window into the tumor immune response.American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025
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  13. Noninvasive Imaging OX40Molecular imaging and biology · 2023
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  14. Advances in PET/CT Imaging for Breast Cancer.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023
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  15. Immuno-PET Monitoring of CD8Molecular imaging and biology · 2023
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  19. Single-Domain Antibody Theranostics on the Horizon.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2022
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4 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Weijun WeiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China; Department of Radiology, Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705, USA; These authors contributed equally to this work.
Dawei JiangDepartment of Radiology, Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705, USA; These authors contributed equally to this work.
Emily B EhlerdingDepartment of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
Quanyong LuoDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China. Electronic address: lqyn@sh163.net.
Weibo CaiDepartment of Radiology, Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705, USA; Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705, USA; University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA. Electronic address: wcai@uwhealth.org.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · USUniversity of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center · US

Funding

UW COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER SUPPORTP30CA014520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Christian Capitini · 1985 to 2026
$142.6M
U.W. RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES TRAINING PROGRAMT32CA009206 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Bryan Patrick Bednarz · 1985 to 2026
$12.1M
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training ProgramT32GM008505 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI BLACKWELL, HELEN E. · 1993 to 2023
$9.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014520NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009206NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008505
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rapidly evolving field of cancer immunotherapy recently saw the approval of several new therapeutic antibodies. Several cell therapies, for example, chimeric antigen receptor-expressing T cells (CAR-T), are currently in clinical trials for a variety of cancers and other diseases. However, approaches to monitor changes in the immune status of tumors or to predict therapeutic responses are limited. Monitoring lymphocytes from whole blood or biopsies does not provide dynamic and spatial information about T cells in heterogeneous tumors. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging using probes specific for T cells can noninvasively monitor systemic and intratumoral immune alterations during experimental therapies and may have an important and expanding value in the clinic.

Indexed as

Positron-Emission TomographyT-LymphocytesAnimalsHumansImmunotherapyNeoplasmsPrecision Medicinecancergraft-versus-host disease (GVHD)immunotherapyinflammationpositron emission tomography (PET)response predictionT cells

Identifiers

PMID29709260
PMCPMC6034116
OpenAlexW2801714672

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