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ArticleClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2020

Anti-PD-1 Induces M1 Polarization in the Glioma Microenvironment and Exerts Therapeutic Efficacy in the Absence of CD8 Cytotoxic T Cells.

Ganesh Rao, Khatri Latha, Martina Ott, Aria Sabbagh, Anantha Marisetty, Xiaoyang Ling, Daniel Zamler, Tiffany A Doucette, Yuhui Yang, Ling-Yuan Kong and 8 more

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Article in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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89citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

89 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ganesh RaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. aheimber@mdanderson.org grao@bcm.edu.
Khatri LathaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Martina OttDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Aria SabbaghDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Anantha MarisettyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Xiaoyang LingDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Daniel ZamlerDepartment of Genomic Medicine and Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.ORCID 0000-0003-0375-8119
Tiffany A DoucetteDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Yuhui YangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Ling-Yuan KongDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Jun WeiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Gregory N FullerDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.ORCID 0000-0001-9447-2647
Fernando BenavidesDepartment of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.ORCID 0000-0003-1275-4320
Adam M SonabendDepartment of Neurosurgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.ORCID 0000-0002-8347-1945
James LongDepartment of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.ORCID 0000-0001-5853-5938
Shulin LiDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Michael CurranDepartment of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Amy B HeimbergerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. aheimber@mdanderson.org grao@bcm.edu.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Convalescent Plasma to Limit Coronavirus Associated ComplicationsUL1TR003167 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI KARP, DANIEL D, MCPHERSON, DAVID D · 2019 to 2023
$45.3M
Tropism Enhanced Oncolytic Adenovirus for the Treatment of Brain TumorsP50CA127001 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Juan Fueyo · 2008 to 2026
$41.2M
Modulation of Microglia and T Cell Interactions in Malignant GliomaR01CA120813 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI HEIMBERGER, AMY BETH, RAO, GANESH · 2007 to 2025
$4.7M
MODELING MALIGNANT PROGRESSION IN GLIOMAR01NS094615 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI RAO, GANESH · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR003167NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS P50 CA127001NCI NIH HHS R01 CA120813NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS094615
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAnti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) therapy has demonstrated inconsistent therapeutic results in patients with glioblastoma (GBM) including those with profound impairments in CD8 T-cell effector responses. EXPERIMENTAL

designWe ablated the

resultsWe observed a survival benefit in immunocompetent mice with endogenously arising intracranial glioblastomas after intravenous administration of anti-PD-1. The therapeutic effect of PD-1 administration persisted in mice even after genetic ablation of the CD8 gene (CD8

conclusionsOur results show that the therapeutic effect of anti-PD-1 blockade in GBM may be mediated by the innate immune system, rather than by CD8 T cells. Anti-PD-1 immunologically modulates innate immunity in the glioma microenvironment-likely a key mode of activity.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain NeoplasmsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorDisease Models, AnimalGlioblastomaHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunity, InnateMacrophage ActivationMiceMice, TransgenicProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorTumor-Associated MacrophagesTumor MicroenvironmentImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsPdcd1 protein, mouseProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptor

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PMID32554515
PMCPMC7483850
OpenAlexW3036872506

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