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ReviewJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2021

Immunogenic ferroptosis and where to find it?

Robin Demuynck, Iuliia Efimova, Faye Naessens, Dmitri V Krysko

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Review in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
87citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

87 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 124 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Ferroptosis and Senescence: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  10. HIF-Regulated Pannexin-1 Channel Drives Luminal ATP Accumulation in Kidney Cysts.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  17. Ferroptosis-induced immune modulation: a new frontier in glioblastoma therapy.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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27 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Robin Demuynck *Cell Death Investigation and Therapy Lab, Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7930-8347
Iuliia Efimova *Cell Death Investigation and Therapy Lab, Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7795-7490
Faye NaessensCell Death Investigation and Therapy Lab, Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Dmitri V KryskoCell Death Investigation and Therapy Lab, Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium dmitri.krysko@ugent.be.ORCID 0000-0002-9692-2047
Ghent University · BESechenov University · RU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ferroptosis is a recently discovered form of regulated cell death that is morphologically, genetically, and biochemically distinct from apoptosis and necroptosis, and its potential use in anticancer therapy is emerging. The strong immunogenicity of (early) ferroptotic cancer cells broadens the current concept of immunogenic cell death and opens up new possibilities for cancer treatment. In particular, induction of immunogenic ferroptosis could be beneficial for patients with cancers resistant to apoptosis and necroptosis. However, ferroptotic cancer cells may be a rich source of oxidized lipids, which contribute to decreased phagocytosis and antigen cross-presentation by dendritic cells and thus may favor tumor evasion. This could explain the non-immunogenicity of late ferroptotic cells. Besides the presence of lactate in the tumor microenvironment, acidification and hypoxia are essential factors promoting ferroptosis resistance and affecting its immunogenicity. Here, we critically discuss the crucial mediators controlling the immunogenicity of ferroptosis that modulate the induction of antitumor immunity. We emphasize that it will be necessary to also identify the tolerogenic (ie, immunosuppressive) nature of ferroptosis, which can lead to tumor evasion.

Indexed as

FerroptosisImmunogenic Cell DeathTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsHumansNeoplasmsimmunogenicityimmunomodulationimmunotherapyphagocytosistumor microenvironmentvaccine

Identifiers

PMID34903554
PMCPMC8671998
OpenAlexW4200236476

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