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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2020

Targeting the IL-9 pathway in cancer immunotherapy.

Ningbo Zheng, Yong Lu

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ningbo ZhengDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Yong LuDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Wake Forest University · US

Funding

Tumor Tissue CoreP30CA012197 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Ruben A. Mesa · 1985 to 2026
$55.4M
Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR001420 · NCATS · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ARD, JAMY D, FOLEY, KRISTIE L · 2015 to 2023
$32.3M
Th9 cells as a promising effector T-cell subset for cancer therapyR00CA190910 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LU, YONG · 2017 to 2019
$747k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001420NCI NIH HHS P30 CA012197NCI NIH HHS R00 CA190910
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin (IL)-9 is a pleiotropic cytokine, which can function as a positive or negative regulator of immune responses on multiple types of cells. The role of IL-9 was originally known in allergic disease and parasite infections. Interestingly, recent studies demonstrate its presence in the tumor tissues of mice and humans, and the association between IL-9 and tumor progression has been revisited following the discovery of T helper (Th) 9 cells. Tumor-specific Th9 cells are considered to be the main subset of CD4

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Interleukin-9NeoplasmsAnimalsCytokinesImmunotherapyMiceT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerCytokinesInterleukin-9adaptive immune responsecancer immunotherapyinnate immune responseInterleukin-9T helper 9 cells

Identifiers

PMID32040369
PMCPMC7644168
OpenAlexW3004909992

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