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ReviewAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2020

Recent Progress of Potentiating Immune Checkpoint Blockade with External Stimuli-an Industry Perspective.

Jun Xu, Robert Saklatvala, Sachin Mittal, Smeet Deshmukh, Adam Procopio

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Review in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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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

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Biofilm and Cancer: Interactions and Future Directions for Cancer Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  15. Bacteria-Based Cancer Immunotherapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2021
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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

5 authors.

Jun XuSterile and Specialty Products MRL Merck & Co., Inc. 2000 Galloping Hill Rd Kenilworth NJ 07033 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4477-1670
Robert SaklatvalaDiscovery Pharmaceutical Sciences MRL Merck & Co., Inc. 33 Avenue Louis Pasteur Boston MA 02115 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4548-3398
Sachin MittalSterile and Specialty Products MRL Merck & Co., Inc. 2000 Galloping Hill Rd Kenilworth NJ 07033 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0401-8884
Smeet DeshmukhSterile and Specialty Products MRL Merck & Co., Inc. 2000 Galloping Hill Rd Kenilworth NJ 07033 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0024-1045
Adam ProcopioSterile and Specialty Products MRL Merck & Co., Inc. 2000 Galloping Hill Rd Kenilworth NJ 07033 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6786-0764

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The past decade has seen the materialization of immune checkpoint blockade as an emerging approach to cancer treatment. However, the overall response and patient survival are still modest. Various efforts to study the "cancer immunogram" have highlighted complex biology that necessitates a multipronged approach. This includes increasing the antigenicity of the tumor, strengthening the immune infiltration in the tumor microenvironment, removing the immunosuppressive mechanisms, and reducing immune cell exhaustion. The coordination of these approaches, as well as the ability to enhance them through delivery, is evaluated. Due to their success in multiple preclinical models, external-stimuli-responsive nanoparticles have received tremendous attention. Several studies report success in distantly located tumor regression, metastases, and reoccurrence in preclinical mouse models. However, clinical translation in this space remains low. Herein, the recent advancement in external-stimuli-responsive nanoconstruct-synergized immune checkpoint blockade is summarized, offering an industry perspective on the limitations of current academic innovations and discussing challenges in translation from a technical, manufacturing, and regulatory perspective. These limitations and challenges will need to be addressed to establish external-stimuli-based therapeutic strategies for patients.

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cancer treatmentsclinical translationexternal stimuliexternal‐stimuli‐based therapeuticsimmune checkpoint blockadeindustrypreclinical models

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PMID32328428
PMCPMC7175294

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