Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31355488›Full record

ReviewImmunological reviews2019

STING pathway agonism as a cancer therapeutic.

Blake A Flood, Emily F Higgs, Shuyin Li, Jason J Luke, Thomas F Gajewski

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Review in Immunological reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 191 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
191citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.1field-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

191 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 322 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Blake A FloodDepartment of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Emily F HiggsDepartment of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Shuyin LiDepartment of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Jason J LukeDepartment of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Thomas F GajewskiDepartment of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.ORCID 0000-0001-5727-3972
University of Chicago · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAININGT32GM007281 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI CLARK, MARCUS RAMSAY · 1985 to 2022
$32.1M
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)T32HD007009 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI NANCY B SCHWARTZ · 1985 to 2026
$13.0M
Overcoming resistance to anti-PD1 immunotherapyR35CA210098 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI THOMAS F GAJEWSKI · 2017 to 2026
$10.4M
Tumor cell-intrinsic STING signaling and IFN-Beta gene regulation in cancerF30CA232379 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI FLOOD, BLAKE · 2018 to 2022
$253k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA232379NCI NIH HHS R35 CA210098NCI NIH HHS R35CA210098NCI NIH HHS T32HD007009NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007009NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007281NIH Medical Scientist Training Program F30 CA232379-01NIH Medical Scientist Training Program T32GM007281
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fact that a subset of human cancers showed evidence for a spontaneous adaptive immune response as reflected by the T cell-inflamed tumor microenvironment phenotype led to the search for candidate innate immune pathways that might be driving such endogenous responses. Preclinical studies indicated a major role for the host STING pathway, a cytosolic DNA sensing pathway, as a proximal event required for optimal type I interferon production, dendritic cell activation, and priming of CD8

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkersCombined Modality TherapyDNA-Binding ProteinsDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHumansImmunomodulationMembrane ProteinsNeoplasmsSignal TransductionSTING ProteinTreatment OutcomeAIM2 protein, humanAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkersDNA-Binding ProteinsMembrane ProteinsSTING1 protein, humanSTING Proteincancer immunotherapyinnate immunitySTimulator of INterferon Genestumor immunitytype I interferon

Identifiers

PMID31355488
PMCPMC6814203
OpenAlexW2964717223

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