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ReviewNature reviews. Cancer2021

Autophagy in tumour immunity and therapy.

Houjun Xia, Douglas R Green, Weiping Zou

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 234 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
234citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
46.4field-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

234 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 402 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Shedding light on the cancer cell death mechanism in photodynamic therapy.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  7. Autophagy modulation in cancer.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026
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  13. CD14Genes & diseases · 2026
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  15. Highly Active CuAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  16. Regulated cell death programs shaping cancer therapy.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2026
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174 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Houjun XiaDepartment of Surgery, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1045-1465
Douglas R GreenDepartment of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. douglas.green@stjude.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7332-1417
Weiping ZouDepartment of Surgery, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. wzou@med.umich.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7952-3549
University of Michigan · USSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

XenograftP30CA046592 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI THEODORE S LAWRENCE · 1988 to 2026
$178.2M
MECHANISMS OF REGULATED CELL DEATHR35CA231620 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Douglas R. Green · 2018 to 2026
$9.2M
Non-canonical functions of autophagy proteinsR01AI040646 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI GREEN, DOUGLAS R. · 1997 to 2023
$8.6M
Naive T cells in Cancer Immune Evasion and ImmunotherapyR01CA217510 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ZOU, WEIPING · 2017 to 2021
$3.3M
Metabolic impact on T cell-mediated cancer immunity and therapyR01CA248430 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ZOU, WEIPING · 2020 to 2024
$3.2M
Ovarian Cancer Epigenetics, Immunity and TherapyR01CA214911 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ZOU, WEIPING · 2018 to 2022
$3.1M
MDSCs in Ovarian CancerR01CA193136 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ZOU, WEIPING · 2015 to 2019
$2.5M
Memory T Cells in the Tumor MicroenvironmentR01CA152470 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ZOU, WEIPING · 2011 to 2015
$1.9M
Human Tregs in Ovarian CancerR01CA099985 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ZOU, WEIPING · 2006 to 2014
$1.8M
Novel immunosupressive macrophages in human ovarian tumorR01CA123088 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ZOU, WEIPING · 2007 to 2011
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046592NCI NIH HHS R01 CA099985NCI NIH HHS R01 CA123088NCI NIH HHS R01 CA152470NCI NIH HHS R01 CA193136NCI NIH HHS R01 CA214911NCI NIH HHS R01 CA217510NCI NIH HHS R01 CA248430NCI NIH HHS R35 CA231620NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI040646
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy is a regulated mechanism that removes unnecessary or dysfunctional cellular components and recycles metabolic substrates. In response to stress signals in the tumour microenvironment, the autophagy pathway is altered in tumour cells and immune cells - thereby differentially affecting tumour progression, immunity and therapy. In this Review, we summarize our current understanding of the immunologically associated roles and modes of action of the autophagy pathway in cancer progression and therapy, and discuss potential approaches targeting autophagy to enhance antitumour immunity and improve the efficacy of current cancer therapy.

Indexed as

AutophagyImmunotherapyAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsHumansNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAntineoplastic Agents

Identifiers

PMID33758415
PMCPMC8087647
OpenAlexW3136819448

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