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RevieweLife2020

The effects of age and systemic metabolism on anti-tumor T cell responses.

Jefte M Drijvers, Arlene H Sharpe, Marcia C Haigis

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Review in eLife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 64 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jefte M DrijversDepartment of Immunology, Blavatnik Institute and Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5675-5643
Arlene H SharpeDepartment of Immunology, Blavatnik Institute and Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Marcia C HaigisDepartment of Cell Biology, Blavatnik Institute and Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2530-2681
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Systems Pharmacology of Therapeutic and Adverse Responses to ImmuneCheckpoint and Small Molecule DrugsU54CA225088 · NCI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI SORGER, PETER KARL · 2018 to 2022
$10.8M
Metabolic regulation of anti-tumor T cell responsesF31CA224601 · NCI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI DRIJVERS, JEFTE M. · 2018 to 2020
$98k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA224601NCI NIH HHS U54 CA224088NCI NIH HHS U54 CA225088NIH HHS 5 F31 CA224601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Average age and obesity prevalence are increasing globally. Both aging and obesity are characterized by profound systemic metabolic and immunologic changes and are cancer risk factors. The mechanisms linking age and body weight to cancer are incompletely understood, but recent studies have provided evidence that the anti-tumor immune response is reduced in both conditions, while responsiveness to immune checkpoint blockade, a form of cancer immunotherapy, is paradoxically intact. Dietary restriction, which promotes health and lifespan, may enhance cancer immunity. These findings illustrate that the systemic context can impact anti-tumor immunity and immunotherapy responsiveness. Here, we review the current knowledge of how age and systemic metabolic state affect the anti-tumor immune response, with an emphasis on CD8

Indexed as

Age FactorsAgingAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansImmunityNeoplasmsT-Lymphocytesagingcancer biologycancer metabolismimmunityimmunologyinflammationmetabolismobesity

Identifiers

PMID33170123
PMCPMC7655106
OpenAlexW3098592536

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