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ArticleCell research2021

Tumor-conditional IL-15 pro-cytokine reactivates anti-tumor immunity with limited toxicity.

Jingya Guo, Yong Liang, Diyuan Xue, Jiao Shen, Yueqi Cai, Jiankun Zhu, Yang-Xin Fu, Hua Peng

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Article in Cell research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 83 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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jingya Guo *Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yong Liang *Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. Yong.Liang@UTSouthwestern.edu.
Diyuan XueChinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jiao ShenChinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yueqi CaiChinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jiankun ZhuDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Yang-Xin FuDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. Yang-Xin.Fu@UTSouthwestern.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8441-6617
Hua PengChinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. hpeng@moon.ibp.ac.cn.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNSouthwestern Medical Center · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

National Science Foundation of China | National Natural Science Foundation of China-Yunnan Joint Fund (NSFC-Yunnan Joint Fund) 81803086
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IL-15 is a promising cytokine to expand NK and CD8

Indexed as

Interleukin-15NeoplasmsAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCytokinesImmunotherapyMiceTumor MicroenvironmentCytokinesInterleukin-15

Identifiers

PMID34376814
PMCPMC8563767
OpenAlexW3189195217

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