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ReviewMedComm2020

Metabolism in tumor microenvironment: Implications for cancer immunotherapy.

Rongchen Shi, Yi-Quan Tang, Hongming Miao

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Review in MedComm, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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115citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

115 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

3 authors.

Rongchen ShiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University) Chongqing People's Republic of China.
Yi-Quan TangMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge UK.
Hongming MiaoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University) Chongqing People's Republic of China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6355-3612

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor microenvironment is a special environment for tumor survival, which is characterized by hypoxia, acidity, nutrient deficiency, and immunosuppression. The environment consists of the vasculature, immune cells, extracellular matrix, and proteins or metabolic molecules. A large number of recent studies have shown that not only tumor cells but also the immune cells in the tumor microenvironment have undergone metabolic reprogramming, which is closely related to tumor drug resistance and malignant progression. Tumor immunotherapy based on T cells gives patients new hope, but faces the dilemma of low response rate. New strategies sensitizing cancer immunotherapy are urgently needed. Metabolic reprogramming can directly affect the biological activity of tumor cells and also regulate the differentiation and activation of immune cells. The authors aim to review the characteristics of tumor microenvironment, the metabolic changes of tumor-associated immune cells, and the regulatory role of metabolic reprogramming in cancer immunotherapy.

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cancer therapyimmunitymetabolismtumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID34766109
PMCPMC8489668

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