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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2018

From Friend to Enemy: Dissecting the Functional Alteration of Immunoregulatory Components during Pancreatic Tumorigenesis.

Hui-Ching Wang, Wen-Chun Hung, Li-Tzong Chen, Mei-Ren Pan

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Association betweenCancers · 2023
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  7. Protein Signatures and Tissue Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer.Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hui-Ching WangGraduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan. u106801006@kmu.edu.tw.
Wen-Chun HungNational Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan 704, Taiwan. hung1228@nhri.org.tw.
Li-Tzong ChenNational Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan 704, Taiwan. leochen@nhri.org.tw.
Mei-Ren PanGraduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan. mrpan@cc.kmu.edu.tw.ORCID 0000-0003-2039-7570
Kaohsiung Medical University · TWNational Health Research Institutes · TW

Funding

Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet: Toronto Clinical CenterU01DK107013 · NIDDK · HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHLDRN (TORONTO) · PI WHERRETT, DIANE K · 2015 to 2018
$1.8M
NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK107013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a lethal disease with a 5-year survival rate of approximately 8%. More than 80% of patients are diagnosed at an unresectable stage due to metastases or local extension. Immune system reactivation in patients by immunotherapy may eliminate tumor cells and is a new strategy for cancer treatment. The anti-CTLA-4 antibody ipilimumab and anti-PD-1 antibodies pembrolizumab and nivolumab have been approved for cancer therapy in different countries. However, the results of immunotherapy on PDAC are unsatisfactory. The low response rate may be due to poor immunogenicity with low tumor mutational burden in pancreatic cancer cells and desmoplasia that prevents the accumulation of immune cells in tumors. The immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in PDAC is important in tumor progression and treatment resistance. Switching from an immune tolerance to immune activation status is crucial to overcome the inability of self-defense in cancer. Therefore, thoroughly elucidation of the roles of various immune-related factors, tumor microenvironment, and tumor cells in the development of PDAC may provide appropriate direction to target inflammatory pathway activation as a new therapeutic strategy for preventing and treating this cancer.

Indexed as

B7-H1 AntigenCTLA-4 AntigenHumansImmunotherapyPancreatic NeoplasmsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorB7-H1 AntigenCD274 protein, humanCTLA-4 AntigenPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorCTLA-4immunotherapypancreatic cancerPD-1PD-L1

Identifiers

PMID30428588
PMCPMC6274888
OpenAlexW2901275414

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