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ReviewCancer gene therapy2021

The future of microfluidics in immune checkpoint blockade.

Jonathan Briones, Wilfred Espulgar, Shohei Koyama, Hyota Takamatsu, Eiichi Tamiya, Masato Saito

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Review in Cancer gene therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jonathan BrionesGraduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Wilfred EspulgarGraduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Shohei KoyamaGraduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Hyota TakamatsuGraduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Eiichi TamiyaAIST PhotoBIO-OIL, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Masato SaitoGraduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. saitomasato@ap.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4817-474X
The University of Osaka · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in microfluidic techniques have enabled researchers to study sensitivities to immune checkpoint therapy, to determine patients' response to particular antibody treatment. Utilization of this technology is helpful in antibody discovery and in the design of personalized medicine. A variety of microfluidic approaches can provide several functions in processes such as immunologic, genomic, and/or transcriptomic analysis with the aim of improving the efficacy and coverage of immunotherapy, particularly immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). To achieve this requires researchers to overcome the challenges in the current state of the technology. This review looks into the advancements in microfluidic technologies applied to researches on immune checkpoint blockade treatment and its potential shift from proof-of-principle stage to clinical application.

Indexed as

HumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyMicrofluidicsImmune Checkpoint Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID33110208
OpenAlexW3097370334

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.