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ReviewJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2022

T-cell repertoire diversity: friend or foe for protective antitumor response?

Nicla Porciello, Ornella Franzese, Lorenzo D'Ambrosio, Belinda Palermo, Paola Nisticò

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 66 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicla Porciello *Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Ornella Franzese *Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Lorenzo D'AmbrosioTumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Belinda PalermoTumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Paola NisticòTumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy. paola.nistico@ifo.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4409-2261
National Cancer Institute · MYUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro IG 19822Lazio Innova A0320-2019-28097Ministero della Salute Alliance Against Cancer: "Research project on CAR T cells for hematological malignanciesMinistero della Salute National personalized oncology program for the IRCCS of the ACC networkMinistero della Salute solid tumors"
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Profiling the T-Cell Receptor (TCR) repertoire is establishing as a potent approach to investigate autologous and treatment-induced antitumor immune response. Technical and computational breakthroughs, including high throughput next-generation sequencing (NGS) approaches and spatial transcriptomics, are providing unprecedented insight into the mechanisms underlying antitumor immunity. A precise spatiotemporal variation of T-cell repertoire, which dynamically mirrors the functional state of the evolving host-cancer interaction, allows the tracking of the T-cell populations at play, and may identify the key cells responsible for tumor eradication, the evaluation of minimal residual disease and the identification of biomarkers of response to immunotherapy. In this review we will discuss the relationship between global metrics characterizing the TCR repertoire such as T-cell clonality and diversity and the resultant functional responses. In particular, we will explore how specific TCR repertoires in cancer patients can be predictive of prognosis or response to therapy and in particular how a given TCR re-arrangement, following immunotherapy, can predict a specific clinical outcome. Finally, we will examine current improvements in terms of T-cell sequencing, discussing advantages and challenges of current methodologies.

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NeoplasmsT-LymphocytesBiomarkersHumansImmunityReceptors, Antigen, T-CellBiomarkersReceptors, Antigen, T-CellBiomarkerCancerCancer vaccinationClonalityDiversityImmune checkpoint inhibitorsRepertoireSingle-cellT-Cell ReceptorTCR-seq

Identifiers

PMID36550555
PMCPMC9773533
OpenAlexW4312190528

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