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ArticleCancers2021

Development of Exhaustion and Acquisition of Regulatory Function by Infiltrating CD8+CD28- T Lymphocytes Dictate Clinical Outcome in Head and Neck Cancer.

Daniela Fenoglio, Liliana Belgioia, Alessia Parodi, Francesco Missale, Almalina Bacigalupo, Alison Tarke, Fabiola Incandela, Simone Negrini, Stefania Vecchio, Tiziana Altosole and 11 more

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

21 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Daniela FenoglioCentre of Excellence for Biomedical Research and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9532-6473
Liliana BelgioiaDepartment of Health Science, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0508-6344
Alessia ParodiBioterapy Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Francesco MissaleDepartment of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5357-5348
Almalina BacigalupoDepartment of Health Science, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Alison TarkeCentre of Excellence for Biomedical Research and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2464-6549
Fabiola IncandelaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Maxillofacial and Thyroid Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS, National Cancer Institute of Milan, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Simone NegriniCentre of Excellence for Biomedical Research and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Stefania VecchioMedical Oncology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6363-409X
Tiziana AltosoleCentre of Excellence for Biomedical Research and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Sara VlahCentre of Excellence for Biomedical Research and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Giuseppina AstoneCentre of Excellence for Biomedical Research and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Francesca CostabileCentre of Excellence for Biomedical Research and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4784-4556
Alessandro AscoliUnit of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Francesca FerreraCentre of Excellence for Biomedical Research and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1172-5616
Guido SchenoneUnit of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Raffaele De PalmaUnit of Internal Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Translational Medicine, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9070-8878
Alessio SignoriBiostatistics Unit, Department of Health Science, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Giorgio PerettiUnit of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Renzo CorvòDepartment of Health Science, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5001-4844
Gilberto FilaciCentre of Excellence for Biomedical Research and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6445-8414
Ospedale Policlinico San Martino · ITUniversity of Genoa · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

Ministero della Salute Fondi 5x1000 2016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) has a poor clinical outcome despite the presence of a rich CD8+ T cell tumor infiltrate in the majority of patients. This may be due to alterations of tumor infiltrating CD8+ T cells. Here, we performed a characterization of HNSCC infiltrating CD8+ T cells in a cohort of 30 patients. The results showed that differential intratumoral frequency of CD8+CD28+ T cells, CD8+CD28- T cells, and CD8+CD28-CD127-CD39+ Treg distinguished between HNSCC patients who did or did not respond to treatment. Moreover, high PD1 expression identified a CD8+CD28- T cell subpopulation, phenotypically/functionally corresponding to CD8+CD28-CD127-CD39+ Treg, which showed a high expression of markers of exhaustion. This observation suggests that development of exhaustion and acquisition of regulatory properties may configure the late differentiation stage for intratumoral effector T cells, a phenomenon we define as effector-to-regulatory T cell transition.

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CD8+ T lymphocytesexhaustionhead-neck cancerregulatory T cells

Identifiers

PMID34066538
PMCPMC8124419
OpenAlexW3158326763

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