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ReviewMolecular cancer2023

Gamma delta T-cell-based immune checkpoint therapy: attractive candidate for antitumor treatment.

Zhifei Gao, Yifeng Bai, Anqi Lin, Aimin Jiang, Chaozheng Zhou, Quan Cheng, Zaoqu Liu, Xin Chen, Jian Zhang, Peng Luo

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Review in Molecular cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
84citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
20.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

84 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 125 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

10 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Zhifei Gao *The Department of Oncology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, 253 Industrial Avenue, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510282, People's Republic of China.
Yifeng Bai *The Department of Oncology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China.
Anqi Lin *The Department of Oncology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, 253 Industrial Avenue, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510282, People's Republic of China.
Aimin Jiang *The Department of Urology, Changhai hospital, Naval Medical University (Second Military Medical University), Shanghai, China.
Chaozheng ZhouThe Department of Oncology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, 253 Industrial Avenue, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510282, People's Republic of China.
Quan ChengThe Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Zaoqu LiuThe Department of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Xin ChenThe Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. chen_xin1020@163.com.
Jian ZhangThe Department of Oncology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, 253 Industrial Avenue, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510282, People's Republic of China. zhangjian@i.smu.edu.cn.
Peng LuoThe Department of Oncology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, 253 Industrial Avenue, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510282, People's Republic of China. luopeng@smu.edu.cn.
Southern Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNSecond Military Medical University · CNUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China · CNXiangya Hospital Central South University · CNZhujiang Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a nontraditional T-cell subgroup, γδT cells have gained popularity in the field of immunotherapy in recent years. They have extraordinary antitumor potential and prospects for clinical application. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), which are efficacious in tumor patients, have become pioneer drugs in the field of tumor immunotherapy since they were incorporated into clinical practice. In addition, γδT cells that have infiltrated into tumor tissues are found to be in a state of exhaustion or anergy, and there is upregulation of many immune checkpoints (ICs) on their surface, suggesting that γδT cells have a similar ability to respond to ICIs as traditional effector T cells. Studies have shown that targeting ICs can reverse the dysfunctional state of γδT cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME) and exert antitumor effects by improving γδT-cell proliferation and activation and enhancing cytotoxicity. Clarification of the functional state of γδT cells in the TME and the mechanisms underlying their interaction with ICs will solidify ICIs combined with γδT cells as a good treatment option.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsT-LymphocytesHumansImmunotherapyTumor MicroenvironmentAntitumor immunotherapyCheckpoint inhibitor (CPI)Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB)Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs)Immune checkpoint moleculesImmune checkpoint therapy (ICT)Tumor microenvironment (TME)γδT cells

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PMID36793048
PMCPMC9930367
OpenAlexW4321003785

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