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ReviewMolecular oncology2020

Autophagy, the innate immune response and cancer.

Chelsea Gerada, Kevin M Ryan

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Review in Molecular oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

54 citing papers in PubMed, 93 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Inflammasomes and autophagy in cancer: unlocking targeted therapies.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025
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  7. Autophagy: The convergence point of aging and cancer.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2025
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  8. Modulation of Autophagy on Cinnamaldehyde Induced THP-1 Cell Activation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  11. Immune mechanism ofFrontiers in immunology · 2025
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  12. Evasion of the Antiviral Innate Immunity by PRV.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  18. Exploring the Therapeutic Potential ofJournal of clinical medicine · 2024
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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.

Chelsea GeradaCancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Garscube Estate, Glasgow, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8491-2506
Kevin M RyanCancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Garscube Estate, Glasgow, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1059-9681
Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 15816Cancer Research UK 22903Cancer Research UK A17196Cancer Research UK A22903
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy is a cellular degradation and recycling system, which can interact with components of innate immune signalling pathways to enhance pathogen clearance, in both immune and nonimmune cells. Whilst this interaction is often beneficial for pathogen clearance, it can have varying outcomes in regard to tumorigenesis. Autophagy and the innate immune response can have both pro- and antitumorigenic effects at different stages of tumorigenesis due to the plastic nature of the tumour microenvironment (TME). Although both of these components have been studied in isolation as potential therapeutic targets, there has been less research concerning the interaction between autophagy and the innate immune response within the TME. As the innate immune response is critical for the formation of an effective antitumour adaptive immune response, targeting autophagy pathways in both tumour cells and innate immune cells could enhance tumour clearance. Within tumour cells, autophagy pathways are intertwined with pattern recognition receptor (PRR), inflammatory and cell death pathways, and therefore can alter the immunogenicity of the TME and development of the antitumour immune response. In innate immune cells, autophagy components can have autophagy-independent roles in functional pathways, and therefore could be valuable targets for enhancing immune cell function in the TME and immunotherapy. This review highlights the individual importance of autophagy and the innate immune response to tumorigenesis, and also explains the complex interactions between these pathways in the TME.

Indexed as

AutophagyImmunity, InnateAnimalsCarcinogenesisHumansNeoplasmsReceptors, Pattern RecognitionTumor MicroenvironmentReceptors, Pattern Recognitionautophagycancerimmunotherapyinnate immune responsetumour microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID32745353
PMCPMC7463325
OpenAlexW3047176562

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