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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2022

Understanding the role of Toll-like receptors in lung cancer immunity and immunotherapy.

Bettina Hoden, David DeRubeis, Margarita Martinez-Moczygemba, Kenneth S Ramos, Dekai Zhang

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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 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 29 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Bettina HodenCenter for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, United States.
David DeRubeisCenter for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, United States.
Margarita Martinez-MoczygembaCenter for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, United States.
Kenneth S RamosCenter for Genomic and Precision Medicine, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, United States.
Dekai ZhangCenter for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, United States.
Texas A&M University · US

Funding

Targeting tumor cell Toll-like receptorR21CA176698 · NCI · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI ZHANG, DEKAI · 2014 to 2015
$341k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA176698
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung cancer is currently the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Significant improvements in lung cancer therapeutics have relied on a better understanding of lung cancer immunity and the development of novel immunotherapies, as best exemplified by the introduction of PD-1/PD-L1-based therapies. However, this improvement is limited to lung cancer patients who respond to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy. Further improvements in immunotherapy may benefit from a better understanding of innate immune response mechanisms in the lung. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a key component of the innate immune response and mediate the early recognition of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). TLR signaling modulates the tumor microenvironment from "cold" to "hot" leading to immune sensitization of tumor cells to treatments and improved patient prognosis. In addition, TLR signaling activates the adaptive immune response to improve the response to cancer immunotherapy through the regulation of anti-tumor T cell activity. This review will highlight recent progress in our understanding of the role of TLRs in lung cancer immunity and immunotherapy.

Indexed as

Lung NeoplasmsToll-Like ReceptorsAdaptive ImmunityHumansImmunity, InnateImmunologic FactorsImmunotherapyPathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern MoleculesTumor MicroenvironmentImmunologic FactorsPathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern MoleculesToll-Like Receptorscancer immunityimmune checkpoint inhibitorimmunotherapyinnate immunitylung cancerToll-like receptors

Identifiers

PMID36389785
PMCPMC9659925
OpenAlexW4307872558

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