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ReviewJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2020

Dual targeting of TGF-β and PD-L1 via a bifunctional anti-PD-L1/TGF-βRII agent: status of preclinical and clinical advances.

Hanne Lind, Sofia R Gameiro, Caroline Jochems, Renee N Donahue, Julius Strauss, James L Gulley, Claudia Palena, Jeffrey Schlom

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Review in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 177 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
177citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.9field-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

177 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 239 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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hanne LindLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Sofia R GameiroLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Caroline JochemsLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Renee N DonahueLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Julius StraussLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
James L GulleyGenitourinary Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6569-2912
Claudia PalenaLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Jeffrey SchlomLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA schlomj@mail.nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Novel Targets for Vaccine TherapyZICBC010937 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI PALENA, CLAUDIA · 2010 to 2022
$13.2M
Clinical trials employing cancer vaccine combination therapiesZIABC010945 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI GULLEY, JAMES L. · 2009 to 2022
$9.6M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunosuppressive entities in the tumor microenvironment (TME) remain a major impediment to immunotherapeutic approaches for a majority of patients with cancer. While the immunosuppressive role of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in the TME is well known, clinical studies to date with anti-TGF-β agents have led to limited success. The bifunctional agent bintrafusp alfa (previously designated M7824) has been developed in an attempt to address this issue. Bintrafusp alfa consists of an IgG

Indexed as

AnimalsB7-H1 AntigenHumansImmunotherapyMiceReceptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type IITransforming Growth Factor betaB7-H1 AntigenCD274 protein, humanReceptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type IITGFBR2 protein, humanTransforming Growth Factor betacheckpoint inhibitionimmunotherapyTGF-β

Identifiers

PMID32079617
PMCPMC7057416
OpenAlexW3006876324

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