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ReviewClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2021

B7-H3: An Attractive Target for Antibody-based Immunotherapy.

Filippos Kontos, Theodoros Michelakos, Tomohiro Kurokawa, Ananthan Sadagopan, Joseph H Schwab, Cristina R Ferrone, Soldano Ferrone

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Review in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 282 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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282citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
14.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

282 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 369 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Filippos Kontos *Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-7011-4017
Theodoros Michelakos *Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-4047-0926
Tomohiro KurokawaDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Ananthan SadagopanDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0001-6306-4907
Joseph H SchwabDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Cristina R FerroneDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Soldano FerroneDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. sferrone@partners.org.ORCID 0000-0003-2900-8834
Massachusetts General Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

T cell plasticity, fusion proteins and CAR T cell-based immunotherapy of head and neck cancerR01DE028172 · NIDCR · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WANG, XINHUI · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
IL-15 TRiKES-based specific immunotherapy of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaR03CA231766 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FERRONE, CRISTINA R., FERRONE, SOLDANO · 2018 to 2019
$177k
Safety and anti-tumor activity of B7-H3 CAR T cells in TNBCR03CA223886 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI DOTTI, GIANPIETRO, FERRONE, SOLDANO · 2018 to 2019
$176k
B7-H3 CAR T cell-based immunotherapy combined with Losartan to counteract desmoplasia for the treatment of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)R03CA249542 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FERRONE, CRISTINA R., FERRONE, SOLDANO · 2021 to 2021
$167k
NCI NIH HHS R03 CA223886NCI NIH HHS R03 CA231766NCI NIH HHS R03 CA249542NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE028172
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent impressive clinical responses to antibody-based immunotherapy have prompted the identification of clinically relevant tumor antigens that can serve as targets in solid tumors. Among them, B7-H3, a member of the B7 ligand family, represents an attractive target for antibody-based immunotherapy, it is overexpressed on differentiated malignant cells and cancer-initiating cells, with limited heterogeneity, and high frequency (60% of 25,000 tumor samples) in many different cancer types, but has a limited expression at low level in normal tissues. In nonmalignant tissues, B7-H3 has a predominantly inhibitory role in adaptive immunity, suppressing T-cell activation and proliferation. In malignant tissues, B7-H3 inhibits tumor antigen-specific immune responses, leading to a protumorigenic effect. B7-H3 also has nonimmunologic protumorigenic functions, such as promoting migration and invasion, angiogenesis, chemoresistance, and endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition, as well as affecting tumor cell metabolism. As a result, B7-H3 expression in tumors is associated with poor prognosis. Although experimental B7-H3 silencing reduces cancer cell malignant potential, there has been limited emphasis on the development of B7-H3-blocking antibodies, most likely because the B7-H3 receptor remains unknown. Instead, many antibody-based strategies utilizing distinct effector mechanisms to target B7-H3-expressing cancer cells have been developed. These strategies have demonstrated potent antitumor activity and acceptable safety profiles in preclinical models. Ongoing clinical trials are assessing their safety and efficacy in patients. Identification of the B7-H3 receptor will improve our understanding of its role in tumor immunity, and will suggest rational strategies to develop blocking antibodies, which may enhance the therapeutic efficacy of tumor immunity.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalB7 AntigensHumansImmunotherapyMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasmsAntibodies, MonoclonalB7 AntigensCD276 protein, human

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PMID33051306
PMCPMC7925343
OpenAlexW3092496866

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