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ReviewBritish journal of clinical pharmacology2020

Evolving insights into the mechanisms of toxicity associated with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

Brendan L Mangan, Renee K McAlister, Justin M Balko, Douglas B Johnson, Javid J Moslehi, Andrew Gibson, Elizabeth J Phillips

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In one paragraph

Review in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Physical activity in advanced urological cancers undergoing immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment: a qualitative study exploring patient perspectives and experiences.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  14. The Role of Antibody-Based Therapies in Neuro-Oncology.Antibodies (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Brendan L ManganDepartment of Pharmacy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4892-7916
Renee K McAlisterDepartment of Pharmacy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Justin M BalkoDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4263-5974
Douglas B JohnsonDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6390-773X
Javid J MoslehiDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5443-4312
Andrew GibsonInstitute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9653-3298
Elizabeth J PhillipsDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7623-3383
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · USMurdoch University · AUBreast Cancer Research Foundation · US

Funding

TISSUE CoreP50CA098131 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI PARK, BEN HO, PIETENPOL, JENNIFER A · 2003 to 2024
$48.7M
Understanding and preventing HLA-associated drug reactionsP50GM115305 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI PHILLIPS, ELIZABETH · 2015 to 2019
$13.0M
Genetic risk and long-term outcomes associated with Drug-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis in survivorsR01HG010863 · NHGRI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI PHILLIPS, ELIZABETH · 2019 to 2022
$3.1M
(PQ8) Patient- and tumor-specific biomarkers and mechanisms that predict irAEs resulting from checkpoint inhibitionR01CA227481 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BALKO, JUSTIN M, JOHNSON, DOUGLAS B · 2019 to 2023
$2.6M
Single Cell definition of pathogenic T cells in Drug-induced Stevens-Johnson-Syndrome/Toxic epidermal necrolysisR21AI139021 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI PHILLIPS, ELIZABETH · 2018 to 2019
$435k
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA098131NCI NIH HHS R01 CA227481NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG010863NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI139021NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM115305
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors have emerged as a revolutionary treatment option for patients with various types of malignancy. Although these agents afford a significant improvement in outcomes for melanoma and other previously untreatable malignancies, their novel mechanism of action may predispose patients to immune-related adverse effects (irAEs). In the tumour neoantigen environment, these irAEs are due to the activation of the immune system by the blockade of suppressive checkpoints, leading to increases in T-cell activation and proliferation. IrAEs have been reported in almost any organ and at any point in time, even months to years after discontinuation of therapy. Certain populations with distinct physiological changes, genetic risk factors, and specific antigen exposures may be more highly predisposed to develop irAEs. This review discusses the incidence and mechanisms of irAEs and the relationship between host factors and irAE occurrence.

Indexed as

Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMelanomaNeoplasmsHumansIncidenceProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptorcytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4, immune checkpoint inhibitors, immune-related adverse effects, immunotherapy, programmed cell death 1, programmed cell death ligand 1

Identifiers

PMID32543711
PMCPMC7444794
OpenAlexW3035626072

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