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ReviewThe Journal of experimental medicine2021

Tumor-infiltrating dendritic cell states are conserved across solid human cancers.

Genevieve M Gerhard, Ruben Bill, Marius Messemaker, Allon M Klein, Mikael J Pittet

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Review in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 156 papers.

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156citing papers in PubMed
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

156 citing papers in PubMed, 232 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. BRAF mutation and tumor immune microenvironment in new era.American journal of cancer research · 2026
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96 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 2 countries.

Genevieve M Gerhard *Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Ruben Bill *Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Marius Messemaker *Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Allon M KleinDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Mikael J PittetCenter for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Harvard University · USUniversity of Geneva · CH

Funding

Strategies to Overcome Immune Resistance in Head and Neck CancersP01CA240239 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI PAI, SARA ISABEL · 2019 to 2023
$8.4M
In vivo behavior of monocytes in resting and inflammatory conditionsR01AI084880 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI PITTET, MIKAEL · 2011 to 2020
$4.4M
Reprogramming PDAC tumor microenvironment to improve immunotherapyU01CA224348 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BOUCHER, YVES, JAIN, RAKESH K. · 2017 to 2021
$2.9M
Single Cell Genome-Wide Myeloid Response Profiling in ImmunotherapyR01CA218579 · NCI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KLEIN, ALLON MOSHE, PITTET, MIKAEL · 2018 to 2022
$2.7M
Imaging tumor associated macrophage (TAM) functionR01CA206890 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI PITTET, MIKAEL, WEISSLEDER, MD, PHD, RALPH · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA240239NCI NIH HHS R01 CA206890NCI NIH HHS R01 CA218579NCI NIH HHS U01 CA224348NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI084880
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic cells (DCs) contribute a small fraction of the tumor microenvironment but are emerging as an essential antitumor component based on their ability to foster T cell immunity and immunotherapy responses. Here, we discuss our expanding view of DC heterogeneity in human tumors, as revealed with meta-analysis of single-cell transcriptome profiling studies. We further examine tumor-infiltrating DC states that are conserved across patients, cancer types, and species and consider the fundamental and clinical relevance of these findings. Finally, we provide an outlook on research opportunities to further explore mechanisms governing tumor-infiltrating DC behavior and functions.

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Dendritic CellsGene Expression ProfilingHumansNeoplasmsTumor Microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID33601412
PMCPMC7754678
OpenAlexW3113999242

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