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ArticleNature communications2021

B cell signatures and tertiary lymphoid structures contribute to outcome in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Ayana T Ruffin, Anthony R Cillo, Tracy Tabib, Angen Liu, Sayali Onkar, Sheryl R Kunning, Caleb Lampenfeld, Huda I Atiya, Irina Abecassis, Cornelius H L Kürten and 10 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 264 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
264citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
22.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

264 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 344 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Prognostic Significance of Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Head and Neck Cancers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology · 2026
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  9. Prognostic Value of FST and Relevance to Immune Infiltration in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2026
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  11. B cells in cancer: functions, mechanisms and therapeutic advances.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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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

20 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ayana T Ruffin *Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Anthony R Cillo *Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3213-3129
Tracy TabibDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Angen LiuDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Sayali OnkarDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Sheryl R KunningDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Caleb LampenfeldDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Huda I AtiyaHillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Irina AbecassisDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Cornelius H L KürtenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2720-0075
Zengbiao QiDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Ryan SooseDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Umamaheswar DuvvuriHillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Seungwon KimDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Steffi OesterrichHillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2537-6923
Robert LafyatisDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Lan G CoffmanHillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3753-1652
Robert L FerrisDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Dario A A VignaliDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2771-5992
Tullia C BrunoDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. tbruno@pitt.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6433-0207
University of Pittsburgh · USUPMC Hillman Cancer Center · USUniversity of Duisburg-Essen · DE

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Jessie Nedrow · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
Training in Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms of Tumor RejectionT32CA082084 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Robert J Binder, Dario AA Vignali · 1999 to 2026
$9.2M
Inhibition of lysosomal flux in carcinogen-induced head and neck cancerR01DE028343 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DUVVURI, UMAMAHESWAR · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NCI NIH HHS T32 CA082084NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE028343
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current immunotherapy paradigms aim to reinvigorate CD8

Indexed as

Analysis of VarianceB-LymphocytesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesGene ExpressionHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyPapillomavirus InfectionsSemaphorinsSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckSurvival AnalysisTertiary Lymphoid StructuresT-LymphocytesSEMA4A protein, humanSemaphorins

Identifiers

PMID34099645
PMCPMC8184766
OpenAlexW3171465065

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