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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

Immune Checkpoint Targeted Therapy in Glioma: Status and Hopes.

Yangzhi Qi, Baohui Liu, Qian Sun, Xiaoxing Xiong, Qianxue Chen

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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79citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 149 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yangzhi QiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Baohui LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Qian SunDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xiaoxing XiongDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Qianxue ChenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University · CNWuhan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioma is the most malignant primary tumor of the central nervous system and is characterized by an extremely low overall survival. Recent breakthroughs in cancer therapy using immune checkpoint blockade have attracted significant attention. However, despite representing the most promising (immunotherapy) treatment for cancer, the clinical application of immune checkpoint blockade in glioma patients remains challenging due to the "cold phenotype" of glioma and multiple factors inducing resistance, both intrinsic and acquired. Therefore, comprehensive understanding of the tumor microenvironment and the unique immunological status of the brain will be critical for the application of glioma immunotherapy. More sensitive biomarkers to monitor the immune response, as well as combining multiple immunotherapy strategies, may accelerate clinical progress and enable development of effective and safe treatments for glioma patients.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain NeoplasmsGliomaHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMolecular Targeted TherapySignal TransductionTreatment OutcomeTumor MicroenvironmentImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorsbrain immunologyglioma microenvironmentimmune checkpoint blockadeimmune-response monitoring biomarkerimmunotherapy resistance

Identifiers

PMID33329549
PMCPMC7729019
OpenAlexW3107038423

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