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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2022

Mechanisms of MHC-I Downregulation and Role in Immunotherapy Response.

Brandie C Taylor, Justin M Balko

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 204 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
204citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
21.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

204 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 253 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Immune system expression profiling in patients experiencing low back pain: A pilot study.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2026
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144 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brandie C TaylorDepartment of Medicine, Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Justin M BalkoDepartment of Medicine, Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

TISSUE CoreP50CA098131 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI PARK, BEN HO, PIETENPOL, JENNIFER A · 2003 to 2024
$48.7M
MULTIDISCIPLINARY BASIC RESEARCH TRAINING IN CANCERT32CA009592 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI Justin M Balko, Julie A Rhoades (Sterling) · 1987 to 2026
$10.4M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA098131NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009592
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy has become a key therapeutic strategy in the treatment of many cancers. As a result, research efforts have been aimed at understanding mechanisms of resistance to immunotherapy and how anti-tumor immune response can be therapeutically enhanced. It has been shown that tumor cell recognition by the immune system plays a key role in effective response to T cell targeting therapies in patients. One mechanism by which tumor cells can avoid immunosurveillance is through the downregulation of Major Histocompatibility Complex I (MHC-I). Downregulation of MHC-I has been described as a mechanism of intrinsic and acquired resistance to immunotherapy in patients with cancer. Depending on the mechanism, the downregulation of MHC-I can sometimes be therapeutically restored to aid in anti-tumor immunity. In this article, we will review current research in MHC-I downregulation and its impact on immunotherapy response in patients, as well as possible strategies for therapeutic upregulation of MHC-I.

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Histocompatibility Antigens Class INeoplasmsDown-RegulationHistocompatibility AntigensHumansImmunotherapyMajor Histocompatibility ComplexHistocompatibility AntigensHistocompatibility Antigens Class Iantigen presentationcancer immunotherapyimmune checkpoint inhibitionimmunoncologymajor histocompatibility complex class-I

Identifiers

PMID35296095
PMCPMC8920040
OpenAlexW4214606145

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