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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2022

Natural biomolecules and derivatives as anticancer immunomodulatory agents.

Stavroula Bernitsa, Rotem Dayan, Anastasis Stephanou, Iva D Tzvetanova, Ioannis S Patrikios

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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 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Microbiome Modulation withJournal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2026
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  5. Therapeutic Bioactivity Exerted by theMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  7. Review
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  10. Biomarkers for Early Detection of Cancer: Molecular Aspects.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Stavroula BernitsaSchool of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Rotem DayanSchool of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Anastasis StephanouSchool of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Iva D TzvetanovaSchool of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Ioannis S PatrikiosSchool of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite advancements in chemotherapy, the issue of resistance and non-responsiveness to many chemotherapeutic drugs that are currently in clinical use still remains. Recently, cancer immunotherapy has gathered attention as a novel treatment against select cancers. Immunomodulation is also emerging as an effective strategy to improve efficacy. Natural phytochemicals, with known anticancer properties, been reported to mediate their effects by modulating both traditional cancer pathways and immunity. The mechanism of phytochemical mediated-immunomodulatory activity may be attributed to the remodeling of the tumor immunosuppressive microenvironment and the sensitization of the immune system. This allows for improved recognition and targeting of cancer cells by the immune system and synergy with chemotherapeutics. In this review, we will discuss several well-known plant-derived biomolecules and examine their potential as immunomodulators, and therefore, as novel immunotherapies for cancer treatment.

Indexed as

Immunomodulating AgentsNeoplasmsHumansImmunologic FactorsImmunomodulationImmunotherapyTumor MicroenvironmentImmunologic FactorsImmunomodulating Agentsanticancer phytochemicalsartemisinin derivativesberberinecurcuminEGCGgraviolaSTAT3triptolide derivatives

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PMID36700235
PMCPMC9868674

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