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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2021

Immunostimulatory effects of targeted thorium-227 conjugates as single agent and in combination with anti-PD-L1 therapy.

Pascale Lejeune, Véronique Cruciani, Axel Berg-Larsen, Andreas Schlicker, Anne Mobergslien, Lisa Bartnitzky, Sandra Berndt, Sabine Zitzmann-Kolbe, Claudia Kamfenkel, Stefan Stargard and 10 more

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

20 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Pascale LejeuneBayer AG, Berlin, Germany.
Véronique CrucianiBayer AS, Oslo, Norway.
Axel Berg-LarsenBayer AS, Oslo, Norway.
Andreas SchlickerBayer AG, Berlin, Germany.
Anne MobergslienBayer AS, Oslo, Norway.
Lisa BartnitzkyBayer AG, Berlin, Germany.
Sandra BerndtBayer AG, Berlin, Germany.
Sabine Zitzmann-KolbeBayer AG, Berlin, Germany.
Claudia KamfenkelBayer AG, Berlin, Germany.
Stefan StargardBayer AG, Berlin, Germany.
Stefanie HammerBayer AG, Berlin, Germany.
Jennifer S JørgensenMinerva Imaging ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Malene JackerottMinerva Imaging ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Carsten H NielsenMinerva Imaging ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Christoph A SchatzBayer AG, Berlin, Germany.
Hartwig HennekesBayer AG, Berlin, Germany.
Jenny KarlssonBayer AS, Oslo, Norway.
Alan S CuthbertsonBayer AS, Oslo, Norway.
Dominik MumbergBayer AG, Berlin, Germany.
Urs B HagemannBayer AG, Berlin, Germany urs.hagemann@bayer.com.
Bayer (Germany) · DEBayer (Norway) · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTargeted thorium-227 conjugates (TTCs) are an emerging class of targeted alpha therapies (TATs). Their unique mode of action (MoA) is the induction of difficult-to-repair clustered DNA double-strand breaks. However, thus far, their effects on the immune system are largely unknown. Here, we investigated the immunostimulatory effects of the mesothelin-targeted thorium-227 conjugate (MSLN-TTC)

methodsThe murine cell line MC38 was transfected with the human gene encoding for MSLN (hMSLN) to enable binding of the non-cross-reactive MSLN-TTC. The immunostimulatory effects of MSLN-TTC were studied

resultsMSLN-TTC treatment induced upregulation of DNA sensing pathway transcripts (

conclusionsThese

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AnimalsB7-H1 AntigenGene Expression ProfilingImmunoconjugatesImmunotherapyMiceThoriumTransfectionXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysB7-H1 AntigenImmunoconjugatesThoriumThorium-227gene expression profilingimmunotherapyradiotherapy

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PMID34615703
PMCPMC8496392
OpenAlexW3203731043

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