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ReviewJournal of translational medicine2020

Unleashing the immune response to NY-ESO-1 cancer testis antigen as a potential target for cancer immunotherapy.

Afsheen Raza, Maysaloun Merhi, Varghese Philipose Inchakalody, Roopesh Krishnankutty, Allan Relecom, Shahab Uddin, Said Dermime

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Review in Journal of translational medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
67citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

67 citing papers in PubMed, 110 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Afsheen RazaNational Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Maysaloun MerhiNational Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Varghese Philipose InchakalodyNational Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Roopesh KrishnankuttyTranslational Research Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Allan RelecomNational Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Shahab UddinTranslational Research Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Said DermimeNational Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. SDermime@hamad.qa.
Hamad Medical Corporation · QANational Center for Cancer Care and Research · QA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCancer Immunotherapy has recently emerged as a promising and effective modality to treat different malignancies. Antigenic profiling of cancer tissues and determination of any pre-existing immune responses to cancer antigens may help predict responses to immune intervention in cancer. NY-ESO-1, a cancer testis antigen is the most immunogenic antigen to date. The promise of NY-ESO-1 as a candidate for specific immune recognition of cancer comes from its restricted expression in normal adult tissue but frequent occurrence in multiple tumors including melanoma and carcinomas of lung, esophageal, liver, gastric, prostrate, ovarian, and bladder. MAIN BODY: This review summarizes current knowledge of NY-ESO-1 as efficient biomarker and target of immunotherapy. It also addresses limitations and challenges preventing a robust immune response to NY-ESO-1 expressing cancers, and describes pre-clinical and clinical observations relevant to NY-ESO-1 immunity, holding potential therapeutic relevance for cancer treatment.

conclusionNY-ESO-1 induces strong immune responses in cancer patients but has limited objective clinical responses to NY-ESO-1 expressing tumors due to effect of competitive negative signaling from immune-checkpoints and immune-suppressive tumor microenvironment. We propose that combination therapy to increase the efficacy of NY-ESO-1 specific immunotherapeutic interventions should be explored to unleash the immune response against NY-ESO-1 expressing tumors.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsTestisAdultAntigens, NeoplasmHumansImmunityImmunotherapyMaleMembrane ProteinsAntigens, NeoplasmMembrane ProteinsCancer immunotherapyCancer testis antigenCancer vaccineImmune checkpoint inhibitorsNY-ESO-1Tumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID32220256
PMCPMC7102435
OpenAlexW3013702634

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