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Higher TLR7 Gene Expression Predicts Poor Clinical Outcome in Advanced NSCLC Patients Treated with Immunotherapy.

Sara Baglivo, Fortunato Bianconi, Giulio Metro, Alessio Gili, Francesca Romana Tofanetti, Guido Bellezza, Biagio Ricciuti, Martina Mandarano, Valeria Teti, Annamaria Siggillino and 7 more

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Article in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 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

17 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sara BaglivoMedical Oncology Division, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Piazzale Menghini 8/9, 06132 Perugia, PG, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4136-0577
Fortunato BianconiUmbria Digitale, Regional Government of Umbria, Via G.B. Pontani 39, 06128 Perugia, PG, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3132-0061
Giulio MetroMedical Oncology Division, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Piazzale Menghini 8/9, 06132 Perugia, PG, Italy.
Alessio GiliPublic Health Section, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Piazza Lucio Severi 1, 06132 Perugia, PG, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4359-5193
Francesca Romana TofanettiMedical Oncology Division, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Piazzale Menghini 8/9, 06132 Perugia, PG, Italy.
Guido BellezzaSection of Anatomic Pathology and Histology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Piazza Lucio Severi 1, 06132 Perugia, PG, Italy.
Biagio RicciutiLowe Center for Thoracic Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Martina MandaranoSection of Anatomic Pathology and Histology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Piazza Lucio Severi 1, 06132 Perugia, PG, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5019-4825
Valeria TetiSection of Anatomic Pathology and Histology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Piazza Lucio Severi 1, 06132 Perugia, PG, Italy.
Annamaria SiggillinoMedical Oncology Division, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Piazzale Menghini 8/9, 06132 Perugia, PG, Italy.
Maria Sole RedaMedical Oncology Division, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Piazzale Menghini 8/9, 06132 Perugia, PG, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4340-3937
Rita ChiariDivision of Medical Oncology, Ospedali Riuniti Padova Sud, Via Albere 30, 35043 Monselice, PD, Italy.
Lorenza PistolaMedical Oncology Division, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Piazzale Menghini 8/9, 06132 Perugia, PG, Italy.
Angelo SidoniSection of Anatomic Pathology and Histology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Piazza Lucio Severi 1, 06132 Perugia, PG, Italy.
Vincenzo MinottiMedical Oncology Division, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Piazzale Menghini 8/9, 06132 Perugia, PG, Italy.
Fausto RoilaMedical Oncology Division, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Piazzale Menghini 8/9, 06132 Perugia, PG, Italy.
Vienna LudoviniMedical Oncology Division, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Piazzale Menghini 8/9, 06132 Perugia, PG, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2524-5824
Ospedale Santa Maria · ITUniversity of Perugia · ITAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti · ITDana-Farber Cancer Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the treatment of lung cancer. However, their clinical benefit is limited to a minority of patients. To unravel immune-related factors that are predictive of sensitivity or resistance to immunotherapy, we performed a gene expression analysis by RNA-Seq using the Oncomine Immuno Response Assay (OIRRA) on a total of 33 advanced NSCLC patients treated with ICI evaluating the expression levels of 365 immune-related genes. We found four genes (CD1C, HLA-DPA1, MMP2, and TLR7) downregulated (

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalB7-H1 AntigenBayes TheoremBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm ProteinsProgression-Free SurvivalAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCD274 protein, humanImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsNeoplasm ProteinsTLR7 protein, humanToll-Like Receptor 7immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)immune gene expressionimmunotherapynon-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)PD-L1predictive biomarkersToll-like receptors (TLRs)

Identifiers

PMID34209514
PMCPMC8303258
OpenAlexW3173525917

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