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ReviewCancers2020

Immunomodulation in Pancreatic Cancer.

Mithunah Krishnamoorthy, John G Lenehan, Jeremy P Burton, Saman Maleki Vareki

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mithunah KrishnamoorthyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2556-5457
John G LenehanDivision of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.
Jeremy P BurtonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3591-6436
Saman Maleki VarekiCancer Research Laboratory Program, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada.
Western University · CA

Funding

London Regional Cancer Program's Catalyst Grant Program, Keith Smitt Translational Research Grants. N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer has a high mortality rate, and its incidence is increasing worldwide. The almost universal poor prognosis of pancreatic cancer is partly due to symptoms presenting only at late stages and limited effective treatments. Recently, immune checkpoint blockade inhibitors have drastically improved patient survival in metastatic and advanced settings in certain cancers. Unfortunately, these therapies are ineffective in pancreatic cancer. However, tumor biopsies from long-term survivors of pancreatic cancer are more likely to be infiltrated by cytotoxic T-cells and certain species of bacteria that activate T-cells. These observations suggest that T-cell activation is essential for anti-tumor immunity in pancreatic cancers. This review discusses the immunological mechanisms responsible for effective anti-tumor immunity and how immune-based strategies can be exploited to develop new pancreatic cancer treatments.

Indexed as

anti-PD1fecal microbiota transplantimmunotherapymicrobiomepancreatic cancerpancreatic ductal carcinomaT-cells

Identifiers

PMID33198059
PMCPMC7696309
OpenAlexW3102631591

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Registered trials

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