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ReviewCancers2019

Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells and Pancreatic Cancer: Implications in Novel Therapeutic Approaches.

Anita Thyagarajan, Mamdouh Salman A Alshehri, Kelly L R Miller, Catherine M Sherwin, Jeffrey B Travers, Ravi P Sahu

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

58 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: current and emerging therapeutic strategies.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  2. Coixenolide Enhances Antitumor Immunity of Cytotoxic CD8Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  14. Panoramic tumor microenvironment in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2024
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  18. New avenues for the treatment of immunotherapy-resistant pancreatic cancer.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2024
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  20. Recent advances in drug delivery and targeting for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2024
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Anita ThyagarajanDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, USA. anita.thyagarajan@wright.edu.
Mamdouh Salman A AlshehriDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, USA. alshehri.60@wright.edu.
Kelly L R MillerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Boonshoft School of Medicine Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, USA. robbins.9@wright.edu.
Catherine M SherwinDepartment of Pediatrics, Boonshoft School of Medicine Wright State University/Dayton Children's Hospital, Dayton, OH 45404, USA. sherwinc@childrensdayton.org.
Jeffrey B TraversDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, USA. jeffrey.travers@wright.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7232-1039
Ravi P SahuDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, USA. ravi.sahu@wright.edu.
Wright State University · US

Funding

Training in Psychopharmacology and Outcomes ResearchT32MH062996 · NIMH · MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NYU · PI HOLLANDER, ERIC · 2003 to 2008
$616k
Environmental pro-oxidative stressors and immunosuppressionK22ES023850 · NIEHS · WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SAHU, RAVI PRAKASH · 2014 to 2016
$488k
Elsa U. Pardee Foundation 670645NIH HHS K22 ES023850NIMH NIH HHS HL062996Veteran's Administration Merit Award 5l01BX000853
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains a devastating human malignancy with poor prognosis and low survival rates. Several cellular mechanisms have been linked with pancreatic carcinogenesis and also implicated in inducing tumor resistance to known therapeutic regimens. Of various factors, immune evasion mechanisms play critical roles in tumor progression and impeding the efficacy of cancer therapies including PDAC. Among immunosuppressive cell types, myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) have been extensively studied and demonstrated to not only support PDAC development but also hamper the anti-tumor immune responses elicited by therapeutic agents. Notably, recent efforts have been directed in devising novel approaches to target MDSCs to limit their effects. Multiple strategies including immune-based approaches have been explored either alone or in combination with therapeutic agents to target MDSCs in preclinical and clinical settings of PDAC. The current review highlights the roles and mechanisms of MDSCs as well as the implications of this immunomodulatory cell type as a potential target to improve the efficacy of therapeutic regimens for PDAC.

Indexed as

myeloid-derived suppressor cellspancreatic cancerpancreatic cancer therapies

Identifiers

PMID31652904
PMCPMC6893814
OpenAlexW2981605872

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