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ReviewCell communication and signaling : CCS2021

Circadian clock: a regulator of the immunity in cancer.

Zhen Zhang, Puhua Zeng, Wenhui Gao, Qing Zhou, Ting Feng, Xuefei Tian

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Review in Cell communication and signaling : CCS, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  18. Influence of envenomation timing on peripheral immune and oxidative responses in experimental scorpion envenomation.The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases · 2025
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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

6 authors.

Zhen ZhangDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, 300 Xueshi Road, Changsha, 410007, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
Puhua ZengAffiliated Hospital of Hunan Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410006, People's Republic of China.
Wenhui GaoHunan Key Laboratory of TCM Prescription and Syndromes Translational Medicine, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, People's Republic of China.
Qing ZhouDepartment of Andrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, People's Republic of China.
Ting FengDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, 300 Xueshi Road, Changsha, 410007, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
Xuefei TianDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, 300 Xueshi Road, Changsha, 410007, Hunan, People's Republic of China. 003640@hnucm.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-7083-3612

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The circadian clock is an endogenous timekeeper system that controls and optimizes biological processes, which are consistent with a master circadian clock and peripheral clocks and are controlled by various genes. Notably, the disruption of circadian clock genes has been identified to affect a wide range of ailments, including cancers. The cancer-immunity cycle is composed of seven major steps, namely cancer cell antigen release and presentation, priming and activation of effector immunity cells, trafficking, and infiltration of immunity to tumors, and elimination of cancer cells. Existing evidence indicates that the circadian clock functions as a gate that govern many aspects of the cancer-immunity cycle. In this review, we highlight the importance of the circadian clock during tumorigenesis, and discuss the potential role of the circadian clock in the cancer-immunity cycle. A comprehensive understanding of the regulatory function of the circadian clock in the cancer-immunity cycle holds promise in developing new strategies for the treatment of cancer. Video Abstract.

Indexed as

ImmunityAnimalsCircadian ClocksHumansImmune SystemImmunotherapyNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentCancerCancer-immunity cycleChrono-immunotherapiesCircadian clockTumor microenvironment (TME)

Identifiers

PMID33752691
PMCPMC7986390

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