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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Immune Checkpoints, Inhibitors and Radionuclides in Prostate Cancer: Promising Combinatorial Therapy Approach.

Mankgopo M Kgatle, Tebatso M G Boshomane, Ismaheel O Lawal, Kgomotso M G Mokoala, Neo P Mokgoro, Nico Lourens, Kalevo Kairemo, Jan Rijn Zeevaart, Mariza Vorster, Mike M Sathekge

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mankgopo M KgatleDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria & Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0886-7165
Tebatso M G BoshomaneDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria & Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Ismaheel O LawalDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria & Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-4273-040X
Kgomotso M G MokoalaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria & Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Neo P MokgoroDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria & Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Nico LourensDepartment of Urology, University of Pretoria & Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Kalevo KairemoDepartments of Molecular Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine, Docrates Cancer Center, 00180 Helsinki, Finland.
Jan Rijn ZeevaartNuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure (NuMeRI), Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-0794-3012
Mariza VorsterDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria & Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Mike M SathekgeDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria & Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2806-0625
Steve Biko Hospital · ZASouth African Nuclear Energy Corporation (South Africa) · ZAThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging research demonstrates that co-inhibitory immune checkpoints (ICs) remain the most promising immunotherapy targets in various malignancies. Nonetheless, ICIs have offered insignificant clinical benefits in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer (PCa) especially when they are used as monotherapies. Current existing PCa treatment initially offers an improved clinical outcome and overall survival (OS), however, after a while the treatment becomes resistant leading to aggressive and uncontrolled disease associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Concurrent combination of the ICIs with radionuclides therapy that has rapidly emerged as safe and effective targeted approach for treating PCa patients may shift the paradigm of PCa treatment. Here, we provide an overview of the contextual contribution of old and new emerging inhibitory ICs in PCa, preclinical and clinical studies supporting the use of these ICs in treating PCa patients. Furthermore, we will also describe the potential of using a combinatory approach of ICIs and radionuclides therapy in treating PCa patients to enhance efficacy, durable cancer control and OS. The inhibitory ICs considered in this review are cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4), programmed cell death 1 (PD1), V-domain immunoglobulin suppressor of T cell activation (VISTA), indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), T cell Immunoglobulin Domain and Mucin Domain 3 (TIM-3), lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (LAG-3), T cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains (TIGIT), B7 homolog 3 (B7-H3) and B7-H4.

Indexed as

Clinical Trials as TopicCombined Modality TherapyHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsLymphocyte ActivationMaleProstatic NeoplasmsRadioisotopesImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsRadioisotopesimmune checkpointsimmune checkpoints inhibitorsimmunotherapymetastatic hormone resistance prostate cancermetastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancerpeptide receptor ligand therapyprostate cancerprostate specific membrane antigenradionuclides

Identifiers

PMID33921181
PMCPMC8071559
OpenAlexW3154884961

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