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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2019

Immunogenicity of Tumor Initiating Stem Cells: Potential Applications in Novel Anticancer Therapy.

Durga Khandekar, Suneetha Amara, Venkataswarup Tiriveedhi

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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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

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Durga KhandekarDepartment of Biological Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Suneetha AmaraDepartment of Medicine, St. Thomas Hospital-Midtown, Nashville, TN, United States.
Venkataswarup TiriveedhiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, United States.

Funding

TRAININGU54CA163066 · NCI · TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI MARGARET M WHALEN · 2011 to 2026
$12.8M
NCI NIH HHS U54 CA163066
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor initiating stem cells (TISCs) are a subset of tumor cells, which are implicated in cancer relapse and resistance to chemotherapy. The metabolic programs that drive TISC functions are exquisitely unique and finely-tuned by various oncogene-driven transcription factors to facilitate pro-cancerous adaptive challenges. While this change in TISC metabolic machinery allows for the identification of associated molecular targets with diagnostic and prognostic value, these molecules also have a potential immunological application. Recent studies have shown that these TISC-associated molecules have strong antigenic properties enabling naïve CD8+T lymphocytes to differentiate into cytotoxic effector phenotype with anticancer potential. In spite of the current challenges, a detailed understanding in this direction offers an immense immunotherapeutic opportunity. In this review, we highlight the molecular targets that characterize TISCs, the metabolic landscape of TISCs, potential antitumor immune cell activation, and the opportunities and challenges they present in the development of new cancer therapeutics.

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antibodiesantigensbreast cancerimmunotherapytumor initiating cellsvaccines

Identifiers

PMID31106150
PMCPMC6494937

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