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ArticleNature communications2021

Tumour-targeted interleukin-12 and entinostat combination therapy improves cancer survival by reprogramming the tumour immune cell landscape.

Kristin C Hicks, Paul L Chariou, Yohei Ozawa, Christine M Minnar, Karin M Knudson, Thomas J Meyer, Jing Bian, Margaret Cam, Jeffrey Schlom, Sofia R Gameiro

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 85 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

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kristin C HicksLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Paul L ChariouLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7115-3878
Yohei OzawaLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Christine M MinnarLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Karin M KnudsonLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Thomas J MeyerCCR Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource (CCBR), Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Jing BianCCR Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource (CCBR), Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7109-716X
Margaret CamCCR Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource (CCBR), Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Jeffrey Schlom *Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. schlomj@mail.nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0001-7932-4072
Sofia R Gameiro *Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2392-8122
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Strategies for Cancer Vaccine Development: Preclinical StudiesZIABC010944 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI SCHLOM, JEFFREY · 2009 to 2025
$26.6M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010944
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poorly inflamed carcinomas do not respond well to immune checkpoint blockade. Converting the tumour microenvironment into a functionally inflamed immune hub would extend the clinical benefit of immune therapy to a larger proportion of cancer patients. Here we show, by using comprehensive single-cell transcriptome, proteome, and immune cell analysis, that Entinostat, a class I histone deacetylase inhibitor, facilitates accumulation of the necrosis-targeted recombinant murine immune-cytokine, NHS-rmIL12, in experimental mouse colon carcinomas and poorly immunogenic breast tumours. This combination therapy reprograms the tumour innate and adaptive immune milieu to an inflamed landscape, where the concerted action of highly functional CD8

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsBenzamidesBreast NeoplasmsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorColonic NeoplasmsDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHumansImmunity, InnateImmunoglobulin GInterleukin-12MacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CBenzamidesentinostatImmunoglobulin GInterleukin-12NHS-IL12 immunocytokinePyridinesRecombinant Fusion Proteins

Identifiers

PMID34446712
PMCPMC8390765
OpenAlexW3194570062

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