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ReviewCancer medicine2021

Metabolic reprogramming of immune cells: Shaping the tumor microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Yujia Xia, Zachary J Brown, Hai Huang, Allan Tsung

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Review in Cancer medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. The Role of PI3K/AKT/mTOR Signaling in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metabolism.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Yujia XiaDivision of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1153-3833
Zachary J BrownDivision of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Hai HuangDivision of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Allan TsungDivision of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center · US

Funding

Surgery triggered immune response and liver metastasesR01CA214865 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI Allan Tsung · 2018 to 2026
$3.4M
Endogenous regulators of inflammation in liver ischemia/reperfusionR01GM095566 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI TSUNG, ALLAN · 2011 to 2019
$2.7M
National Natural Science Foundation of China 81700515NCI NIH HHS R01 CA214865NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM095566
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a typical inflammation-induced cancer and displays a complex interaction between the tumor microenvironment and tumor development. Immune cells in the HCC microenvironment play both pro- and anti-tumoral roles in HCC progression. An increasing number of findings indicate that metabolic reprogramming is essential for immune cell differentiation and function. In this review, we discuss the metabolic changes of different immune cells and correlate these findings to HCC progression.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityCarcinogenesisCarcinoma, HepatocellularDisease ProgressionHumansKiller Cells, NaturalLiverLiver NeoplasmsNeutrophilsTumor-Associated MacrophagesTumor Microenvironmenthepatocellular carcinomaimmune cellsmetabolic reprogrammingtumor immunologytumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID34390203
PMCPMC8446566
OpenAlexW3192556676

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