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ArticleScientific reports2019

Prognostic and predictive role of tumour-associated macrophages in HER2 positive breast cancer.

Tiia J Honkanen, Antti Tikkanen, Peeter Karihtala, Markus Mäkinen, Juha P Väyrynen, Jussi P Koivunen

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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66citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 95 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tiia J HonkanenDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Oulu University Hospital, POB 20, 90029, Oulu, Finland.
Antti TikkanenDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Oulu University Hospital, POB 20, 90029, Oulu, Finland.
Peeter KarihtalaDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Oulu University Hospital, POB 20, 90029, Oulu, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3490-3702
Markus MäkinenDepartment of Pathology, Oulu University Hospital, POB 21, 90029, Oulu, Finland.
Juha P VäyrynenDepartment of Pathology, Oulu University Hospital, POB 21, 90029, Oulu, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8683-2996
Jussi P KoivunenDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Oulu University Hospital, POB 20, 90029, Oulu, Finland. jussi.koivunen@ppshp.fi.
Oulu University Hospital · FIHarvard University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disease outcomes of HER2+ breast cancers have dramatically improved after targeted therapies, such as trastuzumab became available. The main mechanism of action of trastuzumab depends on immunoactivation, while immunosuppressive tumour phenotype has been linked to adverse outcomes. Current study included metastatic HER2+ breast cancer patients treated with trastuzumab (n = 40). Immunohistochemistry was conducted to detect nitric oxide synthase 2 (iNOS) expressing M1 polarized and CD163

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsDisease-Free SurvivalErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMacrophage ActivationMacrophagesPrognosisRetrospective StudiesT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTrastuzumabAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBiomarkers, TumorERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesTrastuzumab

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PMID31358801
PMCPMC6662906
OpenAlexW2966630047

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