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ReviewMilitary Medical Research2021

The roles of exosomal immune checkpoint proteins in tumors.

Cheng Xing, Heng Li, Rui-Juan Li, Le Yin, Hui-Fang Zhang, Zi-Neng Huang, Zhao Cheng, Ji Li, Zhi-Hua Wang, Hong-Ling Peng

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Review in Military Medical Research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 44 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

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cheng XingDepartment of Hematology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China.
Heng LiDepartment of Hematology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China.
Rui-Juan LiDepartment of Hematology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China.
Le YinDepartment of Hematology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China.
Hui-Fang ZhangDepartment of Hematology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China.
Zi-Neng HuangDepartment of Hematology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China.
Zhao ChengDepartment of Hematology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China.
Ji LiDepartment of Hematology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China.
Zhi-Hua WangDepartment of Hematology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China. wangzhihuazsc@csu.edu.cn.
Hong-Ling PengDepartment of Hematology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China. penghongling@csu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-2770-5150
Central South University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeting immune checkpoints has achieved great therapeutic effects in the treatment of early-stage tumors. However, most patients develop adaptive resistance to this therapy. The latest evidence demonstrates that tumor-derived exosomes may play a key role in systemic immune suppression and tumor progression. In this article, we highlight the role of exosomal immune checkpoint proteins in tumor immunity, with an emphasis on programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) and cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4), as well as emerging evidence on roles of T cell immunoglobulin-3 (TIM-3), arginase 1 (ARG1), and estrogen receptor binding fragment-associated antigen 9 (EBAG9) expressed by exosomes.

Indexed as

ExosomesNeoplasmsHumansImmune Checkpoint ProteinsImmunotherapyImmune Checkpoint ProteinsExosomesImmune checkpointsTumor

Identifiers

PMID34743730
PMCPMC8573946
OpenAlexW3213043441

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