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ReviewJournal of hematology & oncology2018

Targeting the IDO1 pathway in cancer: from bench to bedside.

Ming Liu, Xu Wang, Lei Wang, Xiaodong Ma, Zhaojian Gong, Shanshan Zhang, Yong Li

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Review in Journal of hematology & oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 272 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

272 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ming LiuState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China. mingliu128@hotmail.com.
Xu WangDepartment of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Lei WangDepartment of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Xiaodong MaInstitute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhaojian GongDepartment of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Shanshan ZhangDepartment of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Yong LiDepartment of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. liy2@ccf.org.ORCID 0000-0001-8838-1714

Funding

Modulation of MicroRNAs with Xenobiotics to Target c-MycR01CA177810 · NCI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI LI, YONG · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA177810
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenases (IDO1 and IDO2) and tryptophan 2, 3-dioxygenase (TDO) are tryptophan catabolic enzymes that catalyze the conversion of tryptophan into kynurenine. The depletion of tryptophan and the increase in kynurenine exert important immunosuppressive functions by activating T regulatory cells and myeloid-derived suppressor cells, suppressing the functions of effector T and natural killer cells, and promoting neovascularization of solid tumors. Targeting IDO1 represents a therapeutic opportunity in cancer immunotherapy beyond checkpoint blockade or adoptive transfer of chimeric antigen receptor T cells. In this review, we discuss the function of the IDO1 pathway in tumor progression and immune surveillance. We highlight recent preclinical and clinical progress in targeting the IDO1 pathway in cancer therapeutics, including peptide vaccines, expression inhibitors, enzymatic inhibitors, and effector inhibitors.

Indexed as

HumansImmunotherapyIndoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-DioxygenaseNeoplasmsIDO1 protein, humanIndoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase3-dioxygenasesClinical trialIDO1ImmunosuppressionImmunotherapyIndoleamine 2

Identifiers

PMID30068361
PMCPMC6090955

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