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ReviewNeuromolecular medicine2022

Sex Differences in Glioblastoma Immunotherapy Response.

Juyeun Lee, Kristen Kay, Katie Troike, Manmeet S Ahluwalia, Justin D Lathia

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Review in Neuromolecular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Sex and gender differences in cancer pathogenesis and pharmacology.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  10. Sex differences in the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of cancer: the rationale for an individualised approach.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Juyeun Lee *Department of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA.
Kristen Kay *Department of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA.
Katie Troike *Department of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA.
Manmeet S AhluwaliaRose Ella Burkhardt Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA.
Justin D LathiaDepartment of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA. lathiaj@ccf.org.ORCID 0000-0003-3168-7290
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine · USCleveland Clinic · US

Funding

Sex-specific differences in the tumor microenvironment alter glioblastoma growthP01CA245705 · NCI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI Justin D. Lathia · 2020 to 2026
$15.0M
Deciphering MDSC function for GBM targetingR01NS109742 · NINDS · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI LATHIA, JUSTIN D., VOGELBAUM, MICHAEL A. · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
NIH HHS P01 CA245705NIH HHS R01 NS109742
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM), the most common primary malignant brain tumor, remains difficult to treat and shares phenotypes, including an aberrant immune response, with other neurological disorders. Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this pathological immune response remains a priority, particularly as standard of care for advanced cancers evolves to include immunotherapies, which have yet to show strong clinical efficacy in GBM. Epidemiological evidence supports a sex difference in GBM, with increased prevalence in males, and recent studies identified differences between males and females ranging from genetic aberrations to cellular programs. Sex differences have also been identified in immune response, and in this mini-review, we present these differences to highlight potential sex-specific cellular and molecular mechanisms that underly GBM growth and response to immunotherapies. These sex differences offer an opportunity to understand GBM pathogenesis and extend beyond GBM to other tumors and neurological disorders to inform the development of next-generation therapies.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaFemaleHumansImmunotherapyMaleSex CharacteristicsTreatment OutcomeGliomaImmune systemImmunotherapySex differences

Identifiers

PMID33864598
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