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ArticleOncoimmunology

Metformin blocks myeloid-derived suppressor cell accumulation through AMPK-DACH1-CXCL1 axis.

Guohui Qin, Jingyao Lian, Lan Huang, Qitai Zhao, Shasha Liu, Zhen Zhang, Xinfeng Chen, Dongli Yue, Lifeng Li, Feng Li and 5 more

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Article in Oncoimmunology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
67citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

67 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Metabolism of tumor infiltrating T cells.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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  16. Metformin synergizes with PD-1 blockade to promote normalization of tumor vessels via CD8T cells and IFNγ.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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7 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

15 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Guohui QinBiotherapy Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Jingyao LianBiotherapy Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Lan HuangBiotherapy Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Qitai ZhaoBiotherapy Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Shasha LiuBiotherapy Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Zhen ZhangBiotherapy Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Xinfeng ChenBiotherapy Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Dongli YueBiotherapy Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Lifeng LiBiotherapy Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Feng LiBiotherapy Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Lidong WangHenan Key Laboratory for Esophageal Cancer Research, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Viktor UmanskySkin Cancer Unit, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg and Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karl University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
Bin ZhangRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Medicine-Division of Hematology/Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA.
Shengli YangBiotherapy Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Yi ZhangBiotherapy Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNZhengzhou University · CNNorthwestern University · USUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

CXCL1DACH1metforminmyeloid-derived suppressive cellstumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID29900050
PMCPMC5993496
OpenAlexW2791369805

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