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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Dendritic Cells and Cancer Immunotherapy: The Adjuvant Effect.

Sara Nava, Daniela Lisini, Simona Frigerio, Anna Bersano

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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.

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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sara NavaCell Therapy Production Unit, Neurology Unit, UCV, Neurological Institute "C. Besta" IRCCS Foundation, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9912-8255
Daniela LisiniCell Therapy Production Unit, Neurology Unit, UCV, Neurological Institute "C. Besta" IRCCS Foundation, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7436-8401
Simona FrigerioCell Therapy Production Unit, Neurology Unit, UCV, Neurological Institute "C. Besta" IRCCS Foundation, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7078-075X
Anna BersanoCell Therapy Production Unit, Neurology Unit, UCV, Neurological Institute "C. Besta" IRCCS Foundation, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2493-628X
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic cells (DCs) are immune specialized cells playing a critical role in promoting immune response against antigens, and may represent important targets for therapeutic interventions in cancer. DCs can be stimulated ex vivo with pro-inflammatory molecules and loaded with tumor-specific antigen(s). Protocols describing the specific details of DCs vaccination manufacturing vary widely, but regardless of the employed protocol, the DCs vaccination safety and its ability to induce antitumor responses is clearly established. Many years of studies have focused on the ability of DCs to provide overall survival benefits at least for a selection of cancer patients. Lessons learned from early trials lead to the hypothesis that, to improve the efficacy of DCs-based immunotherapy, this should be combined with other treatments. Thus, the vaccine's ultimate role may lie in the combinatorial approaches of DCs-based immunotherapy with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, more than in monotherapy. In this review, we address some key questions regarding the integration of DCs vaccination with multimodality therapy approaches for cancer treatment paradigms.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesCombined Modality TherapyDendritic CellsHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsProgression-Free SurvivalTumor EscapeAdjuvants, ImmunologicAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorsadjuvant therapycancerdendritic cellsimmunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID34830221
PMCPMC8620771
OpenAlexW3212799470

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