Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34944914›Full record

ReviewCancers2021

Suppressing MDSC Recruitment to the Tumor Microenvironment by Antagonizing CXCR2 to Enhance the Efficacy of Immunotherapy.

Kennady Bullock, Ann Richmond

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

54 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Review
  13. Correlative study ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026
    Article
  14. Article
  15. Review
  16. Article
  17. Review
  18. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells modulation in the context of tumor microenvironment for gastric cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
    Review
  19. Article
  20. Review
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

2 authors.

Kennady BullockDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9773-3512
Ann RichmondDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9580-900X

Funding

Tumor Immunology and Microenvironment Research ProgramP30CA068485 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI STACIE B DUSETZINA · 1995 to 2026
$172.8M
Targeting the NF-kappaB Pathway in MelanomaR01CA116021 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI RICHMOND, ANN, YAN, CHI · 2005 to 2024
$6.7M
Optimizing Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy for Breast Cancer: A Role for Inhibitors of the PI3K pathwayR01CA243326 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI RICHMOND, ANN, YAN, CHI · 2020 to 2024
$1.8M
Modeling New Therapeutic Approaches for Malignant MelanomaI01BX002301 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI Julie A Rhoades (Sterling) · 2014 to 2026
–
BLR&D Merit Review Research Career Scientist (RCS) Award (IK6)IK6BX005225 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI RICHMOND, ANN · 2020 to 2023
–
BLRD VA I01 BX002301BLRD VA IK6 BX005225NCI NIH HHS CA068485NCI NIH HHS CA116021NCI NIH HHS CA243326NCI NIH HHS R01 CA116021NCI NIH HHS R01 CA243326VA MERIT Award 101BX002301VA SRCS Award IK6BX005225
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are a heterogenous population of cells derived from immature myeloid cells. These cells are often associated with poor responses to cancer therapy, including immunotherapy, in a variety of tumor types. The C-X-C chemokine receptor 2 (CXCR2) signaling axis plays a key role in the migration of immunosuppressive MDSCs into the tumor microenvironment (TME) and the pre-metastatic niche. MDSCs impede the efficacy of immunotherapy through a variety of mechanisms. Efforts to target MDSCs by blocking CXCR2 is an active area of research as a method for improving existing and novel immunotherapy strategies. As immunotherapies gain approval for a wider array of clinical indications, it will become even more important to understand the efficacy of CXCR2 inhibition in combating immunotherapy resistance at different stages of tumor progression.

Indexed as

CXCR2immune checkpoint inhibitorsimmunotherapy resistancemyeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs)

Identifiers

PMID34944914
PMCPMC8699249

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.