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ReviewCytokine & growth factor reviews2021

Small extracellular vesicle-mediated bidirectional crosstalk between neutrophils and tumor cells.

Dominique S Rubenich, Natália Omizzollo, Mirosław J Szczepański, Torsten E Reichert, Theresa L Whiteside, Nils Ludwig, Elizandra Braganhol

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In one paragraph

Review in Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 45 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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Dominique S RubenichPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Biociências, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul/Fundação Universitária do Instituto de Cardiologia (IC-FUC), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Natália OmizzolloPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Biociências, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul/Fundação Universitária do Instituto de Cardiologia (IC-FUC), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Mirosław J SzczepańskiDepartment of Biochemistry, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland.
Torsten E ReichertDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
Theresa L WhitesideDepartments of Pathology, Immunology and Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA; UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
Nils LudwigDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, 93053, Regensburg, Germany. Electronic address: nils.ludwig@ukr.de.
Elizandra BraganholPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Biociências, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul/Fundação Universitária do Instituto de Cardiologia (IC-FUC), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: ebraganhol@ufcspa.edu.br.
Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia · BRUniversity Hospital Regensburg · DEMedical University of Warsaw · PLUPMC Hillman Cancer Center · US

Funding

Depleting exosomes to improve responses to immune therapy in HNSCCU01DE029759 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WHITESIDE, THERESA L. · 2020 to 2024
$3.5M
NIDCR NIH HHS U01 DE029759
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neutrophils are the first line of defense against tissue injury and play an important role in tumor progression. Tumor-associated neutrophils (TANs) mediate pro-tumor immunosuppressive activity and their infiltration into tumors is associated with poor outcome in a variety of malignant diseases. The tumor cell-neutrophil crosstalk is mediated by small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) also referred to as exosomes which represent a major mechanism for intercellular communication. This review will address the role of neutrophil-derived sEVs (NEX) in reprogramming the TME and on mechanisms that regulate the dual potential of NEX to promote tumor progression on one hand and suppress tumor growth on the other. Emerging data suggest that both, NEX and tumor-derived sEVs (TEX) carry complex molecular cargos which upon delivery to recipient cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME) modulate their behavior and reprogram them to mediate pro-inflammatory or immunosuppressive responses. Although it remains unknown how the balance between the often conflicting signaling of TEX and NEX is regulated, this review is an attempt to provide insights into mechanisms that underpin this complex bidirectional crosstalk. A better understanding of the signals NEX process or deliver in the TME might lead to the development of novel approaches to the control of tumor progression in the future.

Indexed as

ExosomesExtracellular VesiclesCell CommunicationNeutrophilsTumor MicroenvironmentNeutrophilsSmall extracellular vesiclesTumor-associated neutrophils (TAN)Tumor-derived exosomes (TEX)Tumor microenvironment (TME)

Identifiers

PMID34479816
PMCPMC9235060
OpenAlexW3198014385

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Registered trials

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