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ReviewNeurosurgical focus2022

The immunology of low-grade gliomas.

Alexander F Haddad, Jacob S Young, Jun Yeop Oh, Hideho Okada, Manish K Aghi

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Review in Neurosurgical focus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 40 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alexander F Haddad
Jacob S Young
Jun Yeop Oh
Hideho Okada
Manish K Aghi
Neurological Surgery · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Tumor cell and microenvironment changes causing antiangiogenic therapy resistanceR01NS079697 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI AGHI, MANISH · 2013 to 2021
$3.2M
Retroviral RLI immunomodulatory gene therapy for glioblastomaR01NS123808 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Manish Aghi · 2022 to 2026
$2.1M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS079697NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS123808
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low-grade gliomas (LGGs), which harbor an isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutation, have a better prognosis than their high-grade counterparts; nonetheless, they remain incurable and impart significant negative impacts on patients' quality of life. Although immunotherapies represent a novel avenue of treatment for patients with LGGs, they have not yet been successful. Accurately selecting and evaluating immunotherapies requires a detailed understanding of LGG tumor immunology and the underlying tumor immune phenotype. A growing body of literature suggests that LGGs significantly differ in their immunology from high-grade gliomas, highlighting the importance of investigation into LGG immunology specifically. In this review, the authors aimed to discuss relevant research surrounding the LGG tumor immune microenvironment, including immune cell infiltration, tumor immunogenicity, checkpoint molecule expression, the impact of an IDH mutation, and implications for immunotherapies, while also briefly touching on current immunotherapy trials and future directions for LGG immunology research.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsGliomaHumansIsocitrate DehydrogenaseMutationNeoplasm GradingPrognosisQuality of LifeTumor MicroenvironmentIsocitrate Dehydrogenaseimmune cell infiltrationimmunologylow-grade gliomamicroenvironment

Identifiers

PMID35104791
PMCPMC9283531
OpenAlexW4210569635

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