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ArticleAging2021

Interleukin-33 modulates immune responses in cutaneous melanoma in a context-specific way.

Liang Peng, Wei Sun, Fanqin Wei, Lin Chen, Weiping Wen

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Article in Aging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. PCSK9 facilitates melanoma pathogenesis via a network regulating tumor immunity.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2023
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  10. Innate lymphoid cells and cancer.Nature immunology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Liang PengDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong, China.
Wei SunDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong, China.
Fanqin WeiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong, China.
Lin ChenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong, China.
Weiping WenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong, China.
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Controversial roles of interleukin-33 (IL-33) have been reported in melanoma from animal studies. We aimed to investigate the role of IL-33 in human cutaneous melanoma. RNA-seq data of 471 cases of cutaneous melanoma were retrieved from The Cancer Genome Atlas. The tumor microenvironment (TME) was deconstructed by the xCell algorithm using RNA-seq data. We evaluated the prognostic value of IL-33 and the relationship between IL-33 and immune components in TME. We also inferred the potential cellular sources of IL-33. All the analyses were conducted separately in three sub-cohorts, which are based on the biopsy sites of samples: primary melanoma; lymph node (LN) metastases; other metastases, including metastases to skin/soft tissue, or visceral sites. In the two metastasis sub-cohorts, IL-33 is associated with better prognosis and more active immune responses in the tumor. However, IL-33 is not a prognostic factor in the primary melanoma sub-cohort. Furthermore, we found that IL-33 is mainly derived from stromal cells in the metastasis sub-cohorts, and from epithelial cells/keratinocytes in the primary melanoma sub-cohort. These findings provide evidence for the context-specific anti-tumor effects of IL-33 in melanoma. And the distinct effects of IL-33 may be determined by the cellular sources of IL-33.

Indexed as

HumansInterleukin-33MelanomaNeoplasm MetastasisPrognosisRNA, NeoplasmSequence Analysis, RNASkin NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentInterleukin-33RNA, Neoplasmanti-tumor immunitycutaneous melanomainterleukin-33tumor microenvironment

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PMID33621202
PMCPMC7993738
OpenAlexW3130015585

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