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ReviewJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2020

Mirage or long-awaited oasis: reinvigorating T-cell responses in pancreatic cancer.

Michael Brandon Ware, Bassel F El-Rayes, Gregory B Lesinski

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Review in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael Brandon WareHematology and Oncology, Emory University Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6139-1952
Bassel F El-RayesHematology and Oncology, Emory University Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Gregory B LesinskiHematology and Oncology, Emory University Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA gregory.b.lesinski@emory.edu.
Emory University · US

Funding

Winship Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support GrantP30CA138292 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Suresh S Ramalingam · 2009 to 2026
$47.5M
Targeting immune stroma interactions in pancreatic cancerR01CA228406 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI EL-RAYES, BASSEL, LESINSKI, GREGORY B. · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
Targeted MEK inhibition to enhance immunotherapy in cholangiocarcinomaR01CA228414 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI AZAD, NILOFER S., LESINSKI, GREGORY B. · 2018 to 2021
$1.6M
Enhancing immune therapy in pancreatic cancer by targeting IL-6R01CA208253 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI LESINSKI, GREGORY B. · 2016 to 2021
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA138292NCI NIH HHS R01 CA208253NCI NIH HHS R01 CA228406NCI NIH HHS R01 CA228414
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is plagued by a dismal 5-year survival rate, early onset of metastasis and limited efficacy of systemic therapies. This scenario highlights the need to fervently pursue novel therapeutic strategies to treat this disease. Recent research has uncovered complicated dynamics within the tumor microenvironment (TME) of PDAC. An abundant stroma provides a framework for interactions between cancer-associated fibroblasts, suppressive myeloid cells and regulatory lymphocytes, which together create an inhospitable environment for adaptive immune responses. This accounts for the poor infiltration and exhausted phenotypes of effector T cells within pancreatic tumors. Innovative studies in genetically engineered mouse models have established that with appropriate pharmacological modulation of suppressive elements in the TME, T cells can be prompted to regress pancreatic tumors. In light of this knowledge, innovative combinatorial strategies involving immunotherapy and targeted therapies working in concert are rapidly emerging. This review will highlight recent advances in the field related to immune suppression in PDAC, emerging preclinical data and rationale for ongoing immunotherapy clinical trials. In particular, we draw attention to foundational findings involving T-cell activity in PDAC and encourage development of novel therapeutics to improve T-cell responses in this challenging disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalHumansMiceSurvival AnalysisT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentimmunomodulationimmunotherapyT-lymphocytestumor escape

Identifiers

PMID32843336
PMCPMC7449491
OpenAlexW3080878176

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