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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

Treatment Progress of Immune Checkpoint Blockade Therapy for Glioblastoma.

Na Zhang, Li Wei, Meng Ye, Chunsheng Kang, Hua You

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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 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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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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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Na ZhangMedical Oncology Department, Affiliated Cancer Hospital and Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Li WeiMedical Oncology Department, Affiliated Cancer Hospital and Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Meng YeMedical Oncology Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Medical School of Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Chunsheng KangMedical Oncology Department, Affiliated Cancer Hospital and Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Hua YouMedical Oncology Department, Affiliated Cancer Hospital and Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Guangzhou Medical University · CNNingbo University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly malignant and aggressive primary brain tumor mostly prevalent in adults and is associated with a very poor prognosis. Moreover, only a few effective treatment regimens are available due to their rapid invasion of the brain parenchyma and resistance to conventional therapy. However, the fast development of cancer immunotherapy and the remarkable survival benefit from immunotherapy in several extracranial tumor types have recently paved the way for numerous interventional studies involving GBM patients. The recent success of checkpoint blockade therapy, targeting immunoinhibitory proteins such as programmed cell death protein-1 and/or cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4, has initiated a paradigm shift in clinical and preclinical investigations, and the use of immunotherapy for solid tumors, which would be a potential breakthrough in the field of drug therapy for the GBM treatment. However clinical trial showed limited benefits for GBM patients. The main reason is drug resistance. This review summarizes the clinical research progress of immune checkpoint molecules and inhibitors, introduces the current research status of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the field of GBM, analyzes the molecular resistance mechanism of checkpoint blockade therapy, proposes corresponding re-sensitive strategies, and describes a reference for the design and development of subsequent clinical studies on immunotherapy for GBM.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorBrain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmune Checkpoint ProteinsMolecular Targeted TherapyPrognosisTreatment OutcomeAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmune Checkpoint Proteinscheckpoint blockade therapycheckpoint inhibitorsglioblastomaimmunotherapyresistance mechanism

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PMID33329578
PMCPMC7734213
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