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ArticleCancers2021

Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen-4 in Colorectal Cancer: Another Therapeutic Side of Capecitabine.

Afshin Derakhshani, Shahryar Hashemzadeh, Zahra Asadzadeh, Mahdi Abdoli Shadbad, Farnaz Rasibonab, Hossein Safarpour, Vahid Jafarlou, Antonio Giovanni Solimando, Vito Racanelli, Pankaj Kumar Singh and 5 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 60 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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60citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Afshin DerakhshaniImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 5166/15731 Tabriz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3243-233X
Shahryar HashemzadehTuberculosis and Lung Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 5166/15731 Tabriz, Iran.
Zahra AsadzadehImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 5166/15731 Tabriz, Iran.
Mahdi Abdoli ShadbadImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 5166/15731 Tabriz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-4865-8779
Farnaz RasibonabImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 5166/15731 Tabriz, Iran.
Hossein SafarpourCellular & Molecular Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, 9717853577 Birjand, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-9883-9186
Vahid JafarlouDepartment of General & Vascular Surgery, Imam Reza Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 5166/15731 Tabriz, Iran.
Antonio Giovanni SolimandoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, School of Medicine, Aldo Moro University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2293-9698
Vito RacanelliDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, School of Medicine, Aldo Moro University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8639-1940
Pankaj Kumar SinghDepartment of Radiation Oncology Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd S, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
Souzan NajafiImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 5166/15731 Tabriz, Iran.
Darya JavadrashidImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 5166/15731 Tabriz, Iran.
Oronzo BrunettiIRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II" of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7014-6828
Nicola SilvestrisIRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II" of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7814-7318
Behzad BaradaranImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 5166/15731 Tabriz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-8642-6795
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IRIstituto Tumori Bari · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · ITBirjand University of Medical Sciences · IRMayo Clinic in Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) is an inhibitory immune checkpoint that can be expressed in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and colorectal cancer (CRC) cells. This immune checkpoint can attenuate anti-tumoral immune responses and facilitate tumor growth and metastasis. Although capecitabine is an effective chemotherapeutic agent for treating CRC, its effect on the tumoral CTLA-4 expression remains unclear. In the current research, we applied the GSE110224 and GSE25070 datasets to characterize CTLA-4 expression in CRC patients. Then, we analyzed CTLA-4 expression in CRC samples, HT-29, HCT-166, and SW480 cell lines using real-time PCR. Our bioinformatic results have highlighted the overexpression of CTLA-4 in the CRC tissues compared to the adjacent non-tumoral tissues. Our in vitro studies have indicated that SW480 cells can substantially overexpress CTLA-4 compared to HT-29 and HCT 116 cells. In addition, capecitabine can remarkably downregulate the expression of CTLA-4 in SW480 cells. Collectively, capecitabine can inhibit the expression of CTLA-4 in CRC cells and might bridge the immunotherapy approaches with chemotherapy.

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capecitabinechemotherapycolorectal cancerCTLA-4immune checkpointimmune checkpoint inhibitorsimmunotherapy

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PMID34067631
PMCPMC8155910
OpenAlexW3163781793

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