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ReviewBritish journal of cancer2021

IL-10 in glioma.

Samuel S Widodo, Marija Dinevska, Liam M Furst, Stanley S Stylli, Theo Mantamadiotis

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Review in British journal of cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

54 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Samuel S Widodo *Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Marija Dinevska *Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Liam M FurstDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Stanley S StylliDepartment of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Theo MantamadiotisDepartment of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia. theom@unimelb.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3971-5380
The Royal Melbourne Hospital · AUThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

Wellcome Trust 065516
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prognosis for patients with glioblastoma (GBM), the most common and malignant type of primary brain tumour, is very poor, despite current standard treatments such as surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Moreover, the immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment hinders the development of effective immunotherapies for GBM. Cytokines such as interleukin-10 (IL-10) play a major role in modulating the activity of infiltrating immune cells and tumour cells in GBM, predominantly conferring an immunosuppressive action; however, in some circumstances, IL-10 can have an immunostimulatory effect. Elucidating the function of IL-10 in GBM is necessary to better strategise and improve the efficacy of immunotherapy. This review discusses the immunostimulatory and immunosuppressive roles of IL-10 in the GBM tumour microenvironment while considering IL-10-targeted treatment strategies. The molecular mechanisms that underlie the expression of IL-10 in various cell types are also outlined, and how this resulting information might provide an avenue for the improvement of immunotherapy in GBM is explored.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsDisease ProgressionGliomaHumansInterleukin-10PrognosisIL10 protein, humanInterleukin-10

Identifiers

PMID34349251
PMCPMC8609023
OpenAlexW3190362569

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