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ReviewJournal of immunology research2021

Interleukin 2-Based Fusion Proteins for the Treatment of Cancer.

Alana MacDonald, T-C Wu, Chien-Fu Hung

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Review in Journal of immunology research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Peptide-based drugs in immunotherapy: current advances and future prospects.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025
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  17. Advances in research of biological functions of Isthmin-1.Journal of cell communication and signaling · 2023
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  19. Immunisation with TransgenicMicroorganisms · 2023
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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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alana MacDonaldDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4082-4317
T-C WuDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1623-4584
Chien-Fu HungDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9170-7797
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin 2 (IL-2) plays a fundamental role in both immune activation and tolerance and has revolutionized the field of cancer immunotherapy since its discovery. The ability of IL-2 to mediate tumor regression in preclinical and clinical settings led to FDA approval for its use in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma and metastatic melanoma in the 1990s. Although modest success is observed in the clinic, cancer patients receiving IL-2 therapy experience a wide array of side effects ranging from flu-like symptoms to life-threatening conditions such as vascular leak syndrome. Over the past three decades, efforts have focused on circumventing IL-2-related toxicities by engineering methods to localize IL-2 to the tumor or secondary lymphoid tissue, preferentially activate CD8

Indexed as

AnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansInterleukin-2Killer Cells, NaturalNeoplasmsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsInterleukin-2Recombinant Fusion Proteins

Identifiers

PMID34790830
PMCPMC8592747
OpenAlexW3212912192

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