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ReviewCancers2019

Revising PTEN in the Era of Immunotherapy: New Perspectives for an Old Story.

Geny Piro, Carmine Carbone, Luisa Carbognin, Sara Pilotto, Chiara Ciccarese, Roberto Iacovelli, Michele Milella, Emilio Bria, Giampaolo Tortora

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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 32 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 45 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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Geny PiroComprehensive Cancer Center, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy. genypiro@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-3708-5397
Carmine CarboneComprehensive Cancer Center, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy. carbone_carmine@libero.it.
Luisa CarbogninDepartment of Medicine, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy. luisa.carbognin@univr.it.
Sara PilottoDepartment of Medicine, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy. sara.pilotto@univr.it.
Chiara CiccareseMedical Oncology, Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy. ciccarese.c@gmail.com.
Roberto IacovelliComprehensive Cancer Center, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy. roberto.iacovelli@policlinicogemelli.it.ORCID 0000-0002-1750-2117
Michele MilellaDepartment of Medicine, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy. michele.milella@univr.it.
Emilio BriaComprehensive Cancer Center, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy. emilio.bria@unicatt.it.ORCID 0000-0002-2333-704X
Giampaolo TortoraComprehensive Cancer Center, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy. giampaolo.tortora@unicatt.it.
Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITUniversity of Verona · IT

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro IG18599Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro IG20583Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore UCSC-project D1-2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy has emerged as the new therapeutic frontier of cancer treatment, showing enormous survival benefits in multiple tumor diseases. Although undeniable success has been observed in clinical trials, not all patients respond to treatment. Different concurrent conditions can attenuate or completely abrogate the usefulness of immunotherapy due to the activation of several escape mechanisms. Indeed, the tumor microenvironment has an almost full immunosuppressive profile, creating an obstacle to therapeutic treatment. Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) governs a plethora of cellular processes, including maintenance of genomic stability, cell survival/apoptosis, migration, and metabolism. The repertoire of PTEN functions has recently been expanded to include regulation of the tumor microenvironment and immune system, leading to a drastic reevaluation of the canonical paradigm of PTEN action with new potential implications for immunotherapy-based approaches. Understanding the implication of PTEN in cancer immunoediting and immune evasion is crucial to develop new cancer intervention strategies. Recent evidence has shown a double context-dependent role of PTEN in anticancer immunity. Here we summarize the current knowledge of PTEN's role at a crossroads between tumor and immune compartments, highlighting the most recent findings that are likely to change future clinical practice.

Indexed as

immunosuppressionimmunotherapyPTENregulatory T cells

Identifiers

PMID31658667
PMCPMC6826982
OpenAlexW2979429399

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