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ReviewCellular & molecular immunology2020

Cytokines that target immune killer cells against tumors.

Jian Qiao, Yang-Xin Fu

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Review in Cellular & molecular immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Activation of Adaptive and Innate Immune Cells via Localized IL2 Cytokine Factories Eradicates Mesothelioma Tumors.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2022
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jian QiaoThe Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75235, USA. Jian.Qiao@UTSouthwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5228-2906
Yang-Xin FuThe Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75235, USA. Yang-Xin.Fu@UTSouthwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4809-825X
Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T-cell-stimulating cytokines have shown promise as monotherapies or in combination with other therapeutic modalities for immunotherapy of cancer. However, their efficacy is limited due to their short half-life, pleiotropic roles, and induction of severe toxicity even at therapeutic doses. To overcome these major therapeutic barriers, cytokine-based products are being further developed to improve their therapeutic index. These approaches include manipulating their activity to preferentially bind to effector immune cells rather than immune-suppressive cells, prolonging their half-life in vivo and modifying them to target tumors. This review focuses on IL-2, IL-15, and IL-10, which have potent effects on immune cells that mediate effective antitumor responses. We will summarize the recent progress of these cytokines in both preclinical studies and selective clinical applications and will discuss our perspectives on the development of new strategies to potentiate cytokine-based immunotherapy.

Indexed as

AnimalsCytokinesHumansKiller Cells, NaturalModels, BiologicalNeoplasmsCytokinescancercytokine therapyIL-10IL-15IL-2

Identifiers

PMID32523115
PMCPMC7331613
OpenAlexW3033720690

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