Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33920168›Full record

ReviewViruses2021

Role of Myeloid Cells in Oncolytic Reovirus-Based Cancer Therapy.

Vishnupriyan Kumar, Michael A Giacomantonio, Shashi Gujar

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Review in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Oncolytic avian reovirus-sensitized tumor infiltrating CD8Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024
    Article
  3. Oncolytic Virotherapy: A New Paradigm in Cancer Immunotherapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vishnupriyan KumarDepartment of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1800-243X
Michael A GiacomantonioDepartment of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5921-2513
Shashi GujarDepartment of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.
Dalhousie University · CA

Funding

CIHR PJT-173499
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oncolytic reovirus preferentially targets and kills cancer cells via the process of oncolysis, and additionally drives clinically favorable antitumor T cell responses that form protective immunological memory against cancer relapse. This two-prong attack by reovirus on cancers constitutes the foundation of its use as an anticancer oncolytic agent. Unfortunately, the efficacy of these reovirus-driven antitumor effects is influenced by the highly suppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). In particular, the myeloid cell populations (e.g., myeloid-derived suppressive cells and tumor-associated macrophages) of highly immunosuppressive capacities within the TME not only affect oncolysis but also actively impair the functioning of reovirus-driven antitumor T cell immunity. Thus, myeloid cells within the TME play a critical role during the virotherapy, which, if properly understood, can identify novel therapeutic combination strategies potentiating the therapeutic efficacy of reovirus-based cancer therapy.

Indexed as

Oncolytic VirotherapyCell Line, TumorClinical Trials as TopicHumansMyeloid CellsNeoplasmsOncolytic VirusesOrthoreovirusReoviridaeTumor Microenvironmentcombination therapyimmune checkpoint blockademyeloid cell plasticitymyeloid-derived suppressor cellsoncolytic virusreovirustumor-associated macrophagestumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID33920168
PMCPMC8070345
OpenAlexW3153392639

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