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ArticleNature biomedical engineering2021

Solid stress impairs lymphocyte infiltration into lymph-node metastases.

Dennis Jones, Zixiong Wang, Ivy X Chen, Sue Zhang, Rohin Banerji, Pin-Ji Lei, Hengbo Zhou, Victoria Xiao, Cecilia Kwong, Jan Willem M van Wijnbergen and 5 more

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Article in Nature biomedical engineering, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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59citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dennis JonesEdwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. djones1@bu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1401-9701
Zixiong WangDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Ivy X ChenEdwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Sue ZhangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Rohin BanerjiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Pin-Ji LeiEdwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Hengbo ZhouEdwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Victoria XiaoEdwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Cecilia KwongEdwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Jan Willem M van WijnbergenEdwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Ethel R PereiraEdwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Benjamin J VakocHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Peigen HuangEdwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Hadi T NiaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1970-9901
Timothy P PaderaEdwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. tpadera@steele.mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3453-9384
Harvard University · USBoston University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science CenterUL1TR002541 · NCATS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, LEE MARSHALL · 2018 to 2022
$93.0M
TRD3: Percutaneous and Interstitial ImagingP41EB015903 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Jacqueline Namati · 2012 to 2026
$22.4M
Translational Research in BiomaterialsT32EB006359 · NIBIB · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI MARK W. GRINSTAFF, Michelle H Teplensky · 2009 to 2026
$4.2M
Systems biology of lymphatic transportR01HL128168 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MUNN, LANCE L., PADERA, TIMOTHY P · 2015 to 2019
$2.9M
Characterizing lymphatic micrometastases: prognostic and therapeutic implicationsDP2OD008780 · OD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI PADERA, TIMOTHY P · 2011 to 2011
$2.6M
Targeting lymph node metastases to prevent cancer progressionR01CA214913 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI PADERA, TIMOTHY P · 2017 to 2022
$2.0M
Development of a preclinical optical frequency domain angiography instrumentR01CA163528 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI VAKOC, BENJAMIN JAMES · 2012 to 2016
$1.9M
Understanding the mechanisms of immune suppression in lymph node metastasesK22CA230315 · NCI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI JONES, DENNIS · 2018 to 2020
$566k
Characterization of lymphatic contraction during infectionR21AI097745 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI PADERA, TIMOTHY P · 2012 to 2013
$480k
A mechanistic dissection of the role of Eya3 in breast cancer metastasisK00CA234940 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ZHOU, HENGBO · 2020 to 2023
$405k
INVESTIGATION OF THE VASCULAR RESPONSE IN LYMPH NODE METASTASESF32CA183465 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI JONES, DENNIS · 2014 to 2016
$111k
PROTON THERAPY RESEARCH AND TREATMENT CENTERC06CA059267 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI GOITEIN, MICHAEL · 1992 to 1995
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Strong and durable anticancer immune responses are associated with the generation of activated cancer-specific T cells in the draining lymph nodes. However, cancer cells can colonize lymph nodes and drive tumour progression. Here, we show that lymphocytes fail to penetrate metastatic lesions in lymph nodes. In tissue from patients with breast, colon, and head and neck cancers, as well as in mice with spontaneously developing breast-cancer lymph-node metastases, we found that lymphocyte exclusion from nodal lesions is associated with the presence of solid stress caused by lesion growth, that solid stress induces reductions in the number of functional high endothelial venules in the nodes, and that relieving solid stress in the mice increased the presence of lymphocytes in lymph-node lesions by about 15-fold. Solid-stress-mediated impairment of lymphocyte infiltration into lymph-node metastases suggests a therapeutic route for overcoming T-cell exclusion during immunotherapy.

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ImmunotherapyLymph NodesAnimalsHumansLymphatic MetastasisLymphocytesMiceT-Lymphocytes

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PMID34282290
PMCPMC8678215
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