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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2020

Targeting co-stimulatory molecules in autoimmune disease.

Natalie M Edner, Gianluca Carlesso, James S Rush, Lucy S K Walker

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Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 141 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
141citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

141 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 217 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Natalie M EdnerInstitute of Immunity & Transplantation, Division of Infection & Immunity, University College London, Royal Free Campus, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2799-2890
Gianluca CarlessoEarly Oncology Discovery, Early Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9592-3267
James S RushAutoimmunity, Transplantation and Inflammation Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
Lucy S K WalkerInstitute of Immunity & Transplantation, Division of Infection & Immunity, University College London, Royal Free Campus, London, UK. lucy.walker@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5986-5015
The Royal Free Hospital · GBAstraZeneca (United States) · USNovartis (Switzerland) · CH

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/N001435/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Therapeutic targeting of immune checkpoints has garnered significant attention in the area of cancer immunotherapy, in which efforts have focused in particular on cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4) and PD1, both of which are members of the CD28 family. In autoimmunity, these same pathways can be targeted to opposite effect: to curb the over-exuberant immune response. The CTLA4 checkpoint serves as an exemplar, whereby CTLA4 activity is blocked by antibodies in cancer immunotherapy and augmented by the provision of soluble CTLA4 in autoimmunity. Here, we review the targeting of co-stimulatory molecules in autoimmune diseases, focusing in particular on agents directed at members of the CD28 or tumour necrosis factor receptor families. We present the state of the art in co-stimulatory blockade approaches, including rational combinations of immune inhibitory agents, and discuss the future opportunities and challenges in this field.

Indexed as

Autoimmune DiseasesCD28 AntigensCTLA-4 AntigenHumansImmunotherapyInducible T-Cell Co-Stimulator ProteinReceptors, OX40Signal TransductionCD28 AntigensCTLA-4 AntigenCTLA4 protein, humanICOS protein, humanInducible T-Cell Co-Stimulator ProteinReceptors, OX40TNFRSF4 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID32939077
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