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ReviewTheranostics2020

Modulation of tumor microenvironment for immunotherapy: focus on nanomaterial-based strategies.

Yun Liu, Jianfeng Guo, Leaf Huang

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Review in Theranostics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yun LiuDivision of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
Jianfeng GuoDivision of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
Leaf HuangDivision of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.

Funding

Small Animal Imaging CoreU54CA198999 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LI, ZIBO · 2015 to 2019
$11.9M
NCI NIH HHS U54 CA198999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in the field of immunotherapy have profoundly opened up the potential for improved cancer therapy and reduced side effects. However, the tumor microenvironment (TME) is highly immunosuppressive, therefore, clinical outcomes of currently available cancer immunotherapy are still poor. Recently, nanomaterial-based strategies have been developed to modulate the TME for robust immunotherapeutic responses. In this review, the immunoregulatory cell types (cells relating to the regulation of immune responses) inside the TME in terms of stimulatory and suppressive roles are described, and the technologies used to identify and quantify these cells are provided. In addition, recent examples of nanomaterial-based cancer immunotherapy are discussed, with particular emphasis on those designed to overcome barriers caused by the complexity and diversity of TME.

Indexed as

Cancer VaccinesCarcinogenesisCombined Modality TherapyCytokinesDendritic CellsHumansImmunophenotypingImmunotherapyLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingLymphocyte SubsetsMyeloid-Derived Suppressor CellsNanostructuresNeoplasmsStromal CellsTumor-Associated MacrophagesTumor MicroenvironmentCancer VaccinesCytokinescharacterization and quantification of immunoregulatory cellscombination therapydrug deliverynanoparticlestumor immunology

Identifiers

PMID32194857
PMCPMC7053194

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