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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2019

Metabolic interventions in the immune response to cancer.

David O'Sullivan, David E Sanin, Edward J Pearce, Erika L Pearce

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Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 187 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
187citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

187 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 309 citations in OpenAlex.

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127 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David O'SullivanMax Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany.
David E SaninMax Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0188-7267
Edward J PearceMax Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany. pearceed@ie-freiburg.mpg.de.
Erika L PearceMax Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany. pearce@ie-freiburg.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5592-5439
University of Freiburg · DE

Funding

Dendritic Cell Function in SchistosomiasisR01AI053825 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PEARCE, EDWARD J. · 2002 to 2010
$3.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI053825
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

At the centre of the therapeutic dilemma posed by cancer is the question of how to develop more effective treatments that discriminate between normal and cancerous tissues. Decades of research have shown us that universally applicable principles are rare, but two well-accepted concepts have emerged: first, that malignant transformation goes hand in hand with distinct changes in cellular metabolism; second, that the immune system is critical for tumour control and clearance. Unifying our understanding of tumour metabolism with immune cell function may prove to be a powerful approach in the development of more effective cancer therapies. Here, we explore how nutrient availability in the tumour microenvironment shapes immune responses and identify areas of intervention to modulate the metabolic constraints placed on immune cells in this setting.

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AnimalsHumansImmunityImmunotherapyNeoplasmsNutrientsTumor MicroenvironmentNutrients

Identifiers

PMID30820043
OpenAlexW2916027162

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