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The Roles of TNFR2 Signaling in Cancer Cells and the Tumor Microenvironment and the Potency of TNFR2 Targeted Therapy.

Hiroyuki Takahashi, Gumpei Yoshimatsu, Denise Louise Faustman

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Review in Cells, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 37 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hiroyuki TakahashiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University Hospital, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan.
Gumpei YoshimatsuDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University Hospital, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan.
Denise Louise FaustmanImmunobiology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
Harvard University · USFukuoka University Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The appreciation that cancer growth is promoted by a dynamic tumor microenvironment (TME) has spawned novel approaches to cancer treatment. New therapies include agents that activate quiescent T effector cells and agents that interfere with abnormal neovascularity. Although promising, many experimental therapies targeted at the TME have systemic toxicity. Another approach is to target the TME with greater specificity by taking aim at the tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 (TNFR2) signaling pathway. TNFR2 is an attractive molecular target because it is rarely expressed in normal tissues (thus, has low potential for systemic toxicity) and because it is overexpressed on many types of cancer cells as well as on associated TME components, such as T regulatory cells (Tregs), tumor-associated macrophages, and other cells that facilitate tumor progression and spread. Novel therapies that block TNFR2 signaling show promise in cell culture studies, animal models, and human studies. Novel antibodies have been developed that expressly kill only rapidly proliferating cells expressing newly synthesized TNFR2 protein. This review traces the origins of our understanding of TNFR2's multifaceted roles in the TME and discusses the therapeutic potential of agents designed to block TNFR2 as the cornerstone of a TME-specific strategy.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsReceptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type IIAnimalsImmunotherapySignal TransductionT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTumor MicroenvironmentReceptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type IIanti-TNFR2 antibodyimmune checkpoint inhibitorimmunotherapyTNFR2Tregstumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID35741080
PMCPMC9222015
OpenAlexW4283024604

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