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ArticleNature cancer2021

Resident and circulating memory T cells persist for years in melanoma patients with durable responses to immunotherapy.

Jichang Han, Yanding Zhao, Keisuke Shirai, Aleksey Molodtsov, Fred W Kolling, Jan L Fisher, Peisheng Zhang, Shaofeng Yan, Tyler G Searles, Justin M Bader and 5 more

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Article in Nature cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 110 papers.

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110citing papers in PubMed
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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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

110 citing papers in PubMed, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jichang HanDepartments of Microbiology and Immunology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7964-8701
Yanding ZhaoDepartments of Molecular and Systems Biology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Keisuke ShiraiNorris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Aleksey MolodtsovDepartments of Microbiology and Immunology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Fred W KollingNorris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6178-9901
Jan L FisherDepartments of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Peisheng ZhangNorris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Shaofeng YanDepartments of Pathology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9654-2100
Tyler G SearlesNorris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Justin M BaderNorris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Jiang GuiNorris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Chao ChengBaylor School of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5002-3417
Marc S ErnstoffRoswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8132-7069
Mary Jo Turk *Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA. mary.jo.turk@dartmouth.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9612-8329
Christina V Angeles *Norris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA. angelesc@med.umich.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6500-9589
Dartmouth College · USDartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center · USBaylor School · USRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

Translational Engineering in Cancer (TEC)P30CA023108 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Steven D Leach · 1985 to 2026
$91.3M
Zhao - Proj 2P20GM130454 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Jennifer Hong · 2019 to 2026
$27.2M
Tissue Resident memory T cell responses to cancerR01CA225028 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Mary Jo Turk · 2018 to 2026
$4.9M
Sustaining Tissue Resident Memory T cellsR01CA254042 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Yina Hsing Huang, Mary Jo Turk · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
10X Genomics Chromium Single-cell Sequencing to Expand Research At DartmouthS10OD025235 · OD · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI TOMLINSON, CRAIG R · 2018 to 2018
$125k
Defining a Transcriptional Signatures of Tissue-Resident T-cells in Melanoma through Single Cell RNA-seqF31CA232554 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI MOLODTSOV, ALEKSEY · 2018 to 2019
$90k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA232554NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023108NCI NIH HHS R01 CA225028NCI NIH HHS R01 CA254042NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM130454NIH HHS S10 OD025235
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While T-cell responses to cancer immunotherapy have been avidly studied, long-lived memory has been poorly characterized. In a cohort of metastatic melanoma survivors with exceptional responses to immunotherapy, we probed memory CD8

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MelanomaMemory T CellsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansImmunologic FactorsImmunologic MemoryImmunotherapyImmunologic Factors

Identifiers

PMID34179824
PMCPMC8223731
OpenAlexW3139435946

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