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ReviewCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2022

Interleukin-12 as an in situ cancer vaccine component: a review.

Emily M Cheng, Noah W Tsarovsky, Paul M Sondel, Alexander L Rakhmilevich

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Review in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 48 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emily M ChengDepartments of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
Noah W TsarovskyDepartments of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
Paul M SondelDepartments of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
Alexander L RakhmilevichDepartments of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. rakhmil@humonc.wisc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2686-9500
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational ResearchUL1TR002373 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ELIZABETH S BURNSIDE, Allan R. Brasier · 2017 to 2026
$75.9M
Understanding and Overcoming Resistance to Immunotherapies in Childhood CancersU54CA232568 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI MACKALL, CRYSTAL, MARIS, JOHN M · 2018 to 2022
$13.1M
Radionuclide Production and Radiochemistry Core Description CoreP01CA250972 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI BEDNARZ, BRYAN PATRICK · 2020 to 2024
$12.5M
Enhancing Antibody-directed Innate Immunity to Improve Cancer OutcomeR35CA197078 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SONDEL, PAUL M · 2015 to 2021
$6.4M
Immunomodulation of the Tumor Microenvironment with Molecular Targeted Radiotherapy to Facilitate an Adaptive Anti-Tumor Immune Response to Combined Modality ImmunotherapiesU01CA233102 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI MORRIS, ZACHARY SCOTT, WEICHERT, JAMEY P · 2018 to 2022
$4.0M
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health P30-CA01452Foundation for the National Institutes of Health R35-CA197078Foundation for the National Institutes of Health U01-CA233102Foundation for the National Institutes of Health U54-CA232568NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002373NCI NIH HHS P01 CA250972NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197078NCI NIH HHS U01 CA233102NCI NIH HHS U54 CA232568
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin-12 (IL-12) is a type I cytokine involved in both innate and adaptive immunity that stimulates T and natural killer cell activity and induces interferon gamma production. IL-12 has been identified as a potential immunotherapeutic component for combinatorial cancer treatments. While IL-12 has successfully been used to treat a variety of cancers in mice, it was associated with toxicity when administered systemically in cancer patients. In this review, we discuss the research findings and progress of IL-12 used in combination with other cancer treatment modalities. We describe different methods of IL-12 delivery, both systemic and local, and ultimately highlight the potential of an in situ vaccination approach for minimizing toxicities and providing antitumor efficacy. This review offers a basis for pursuing an in situ vaccine approach that may eventually allow IL-12 to be more readily integrated as an immunotherapy into the clinical treatment of cancers.

Indexed as

Cancer VaccinesInterleukin-12NeoplasmsAnimalsHumansImmunotherapyInterferon-gammaMiceCancer VaccinesInterferon-gammaInterleukin-12Cancer immunotherapyIn situ cancer vaccineInterleukin-12Local deliveryTargeted delivery

Identifiers

PMID35024897
PMCPMC9276836
OpenAlexW4205218829

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