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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2020

IL-15/IL-15Rα Heterodimeric Complex as Cancer Immunotherapy in Murine Breast Cancer Models.

Siqi Guo, Ronald B Smeltz, Anthony Nanajian, Richard Heller

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Article 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 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Siqi GuoFrank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States.
Ronald B SmeltzDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Anthony NanajianFrank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States.
Richard HellerDepartment of Medical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
Virginia Commonwealth University · USOld Dominion University · USUniversity of South Florida · US

Funding

The abscopal effect of nanosecond electric pulse tumor ablation and its enhancement for metastatic breast cancerR21CA229939 · NCI · OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY · PI GUO, SIQI · 2018 to 2019
$366k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA229939
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin 15 (IL-15) has been evaluated as a potential treatment for solid tumors in clinical trials, but the effectiveness of systemic IL-15 administration as a monotherapy has not been realized. IL-15 receptor alpha (IL-15Rα) can stabilize IL-15 and enhance its bioactivity. The goal of this study was to examine the activity of IL-15/IL-15Rα complex (IL-15cx) to CD8

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorFemaleGenetic TherapyGene Transfer TechniquesImmunotherapyInterferon-gammaInterleukin-15Interleukin-15 Receptor alpha SubunitMammary Neoplasms, ExperimentalMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutAntineoplastic AgentsInterferon-gammaInterleukin-15Interleukin-15 Receptor alpha SubunitRecombinant Proteinsbreast cancercancer immunotherapydepletion of myeloid derived suppressor cellsgene electrotransferinterleukin-15/interleukin-15 receptor alpha complex

Identifiers

PMID33628206
PMCPMC7897681
OpenAlexW3127740761

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