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ReviewCells2021

The Role of Tumor-Derived Exosomes (TEX) in Shaping Anti-Tumor Immune Competence.

Theresa L Whiteside

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Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 18 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Theresa L WhitesideDepartments of Pathology, Immunology and Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7316-6181
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center · US

Funding

Depleting exosomes to improve responses to immune therapy in HNSCCU01DE029759 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WHITESIDE, THERESA L. · 2020 to 2024
$3.5M
The Adenosinergic Pathway in Tumor-derived ExosomesR01CA256068 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JACKSON, EDWIN KERRY, WHITESIDE, THERESA L. · 2021 to 2025
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA256068NIDCR NIH HHS U01 DE029759
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging studies suggest that extracellular vesicles (EVs) mediating intercellular communication in the tumor microenvironment (TME) play a key role in driving cancer progression. Tumor-derived small EVs or exosomes (TEX) enriched in immunosuppressive proteins or in microRNAs targeting suppressive pathways in recipient cells contribute to reprogramming the TME into a cancer-promoting milieu. The adenosinergic pathway is an acknowledged major contributor to tumor-induced immune suppression. TEX carry the components of this pathway and utilize ATP to produce adenosine (ADO). TEX-associated ADO emerges as a key factor in the suppression of T cell responses to therapy. Here, the significance of the ADO pathway in TEX is discussed as a highly effective mechanism of cancer-driven immune cell suppression and of resistance to immune therapies.

Indexed as

AdenosineAnimalsExosomesHumansModels, BiologicalNeoplasmsSignal TransductionAdenosineadenosinergic pathwayextracellular vesicles (EVs)immune suppressiontumor-derived exosomes (TEX)tumor microenvironment (TME)

Identifiers

PMID34831276
PMCPMC8616398
OpenAlexW3212483039

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