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ReviewJournal of immunology research2021

Current and Future Perspectives of PD-1/PDL-1 Blockade in Cancer Immunotherapy.

Rangarirai Makuku, Neda Khalili, Sepideh Razi, Mahsa Keshavarz-Fathi, Nima Rezaei

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Review in Journal of immunology research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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74citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
9.1field-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

74 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 126 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rangarirai MakukuCancer Immunology Project (CIP), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3305-2053
Neda KhaliliCancer Immunology Project (CIP), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8415-8996
Sepideh RaziCancer Immunology Project (CIP), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0098-345X
Mahsa Keshavarz-FathiCancer Immunology Project (CIP), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8226-5878
Nima RezaeiDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-1827
Universal Scientific Education and Research Network · IRChildren's Medical Center · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer immunotherapy, which reactivates weakened immune cells of cancer patients, has yielded great success in recent years. Among immunotherapeutic agents, immune checkpoint inhibitors have been of particular interest and have gained approval by the FDA for treatment of cancers. Immune checkpoint blockade through targeting programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) has demonstrated promising antitumor effects in cancer immunotherapy of many different solid and hematologic malignancies. However, despite promising results, a favorable response is observed only in a fraction of patients, and there is still lack of a single therapy modality with curative ability. In this paper, we review the current and future perspectives of PD-1/L1 blockade in cancer immunotherapy, with a particular focus on predictive biomarkers of response to therapy. We also discuss the adverse events associated with PD-1/L1/2 inhibitors, ranging from severe life-threatening conditions such as autoimmune myocarditis to mild and moderate reactions such as skin rashes, and explore the potential strategies for improving the efficacy of immunotherapy with PD-1/L1 checkpoint inhibitors.

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyAnimalsAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmune Checkpoint ProteinsMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasmsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorSignal TransductionTreatment OutcomeAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCD274 protein, humanImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmune Checkpoint ProteinsPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptor

Identifiers

PMID33681388
PMCPMC7925068
OpenAlexW3129917327

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