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ReviewMolecular medicine reports2021

A combination of PD‑1/PD‑L1 inhibitors: The prospect of overcoming the weakness of tumor immunotherapy (Review).

Xianbin Kong, Peng Lu, Chuanxin Liu, Yuzhu Guo, Yuying Yang, Yingying Peng, Fangyuan Wang, Zhichao Bo, Xiaoxin Dou, Haoyang Shi and 1 more

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Review in Molecular medicine reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Novel PD-L1 Small-Molecule Inhibitors Advancing Cancer Immunotherapy.Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry · 2026
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  10. Journal of clinical medicine · 2023
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  12. An advanced non-small cell lung cancer patient withAnnals of translational medicine · 2022
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  13. VISTA, PDL-L1, andMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022
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  18. The Role of Gut Microbiota in Tumor Immunotherapy.Journal of immunology research · 2021
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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

11 authors.

Xianbin Kong *Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Laboratory, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, P.R. China.
Peng Lu *State Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, P.R. China.
Chuanxin Liu *Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Chinese Materia Medical, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, P.R. China.
Yuzhu GuoDepartment of Radiotherapy, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin 300211, P.R. China.
Yuying YangIntegrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Laboratory, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, P.R. China.
Yingying PengIntegrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Laboratory, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, P.R. China.
Fangyuan WangIntegrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Laboratory, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, P.R. China.
Zhichao BoIntegrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Laboratory, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, P.R. China.
Xiaoxin DouIntegrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Laboratory, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, P.R. China.
Haoyang ShiIntegrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Laboratory, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, P.R. China.
Jingyan MengIntegrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Laboratory, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, P.R. China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Programmed cell death protein‑1 (PD‑1)/programmed death protein ligand‑1 (PD‑L1) inhibitors for treatment of a various types of cancers have revolutionized cancer immunotherapy. However, PD‑1/PD‑L1 inhibitors are associated with a low response rate and are only effective on a small number of patients with cancer. Development of an anti‑PD‑1/PD‑L1 sensitizer for improving response rate and effectiveness of immunotherapy is a challenge. The present study reviews the synergistic effects of PD‑1/PD‑L1 inhibitor with oncolytic virus, tumor vaccine, molecular targeted drugs, immunotherapy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, intestinal flora and traditional Chinese medicine, to provide information for development of effective combination therapies.

Indexed as

B7-H1 AntigenCancer VaccinesHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyNeoplasmsOncolytic VirotherapyProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorB7-H1 AntigenCancer VaccinesCD274 protein, humanImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptorcancer vaccineimmunotherapyintestinal floramolecular targeted therapyoncolytic virusTraditional Chinese Medicine

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PMID33760188
PMCPMC7985997

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