Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37053311›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2023

Engineered skin bacteria induce antitumor T cell responses against melanoma.

Y Erin Chen, Djenet Bousbaine, Alessandra Veinbachs, Katayoon Atabakhsh, Alex Dimas, Victor K Yu, Aishan Zhao, Nora J Enright, Kazuki Nagashima, Yasmine Belkaid and 1 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 117 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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117citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

117 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  11. Biomimetic materials for medical applications.Chinese medical journal · 2026
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  14. Microbial medicines: Unlocking the therapeutic potential of the microbiome in cancer treatment.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2026
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  16. A decade of research in review.Nature biotechnology · 2026
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  19. Conserved CD4Nature microbiology · 2026
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  20. Microbiota in cancer: current understandings and future perspectives.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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57 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Y Erin ChenDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9452-1402
Djenet BousbaineDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2683-9544
Alessandra VeinbachsDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8419-3097
Katayoon AtabakhshDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3924-8762
Alex DimasDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0191-6275
Victor K YuDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5284-2232
Aishan ZhaoDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9010-7981
Nora J EnrightDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1557-6638
Kazuki NagashimaDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8593-136X
Yasmine BelkaidMetaorganism Immunity Section, Laboratory of Host Immunity and Microbiome, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9962-3571
Michael A FischbachDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3079-8247

Funding

Translational Oncology Research Program (Project-005)P30CA124435 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Vittorio Sebastiano · 2007 to 2026
$71.4M
Role of the microbiota in immunityZIAAI001115 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI BELKAID, YASMINE · 2009 to 2025
$22.4M
NIAID Microbiome ProgramZICAI001233 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI MOUTSOPOULOS, NIKI · 2018 to 2025
$18.9M
Role of Tissue-Specific Factors in the Control of ImmunityZIAAI001132 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI BELKAID, YASMINE · 2011 to 2025
$6.4M
Identification and characterization of natural products from the human microbiotaR01DK110174 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FISCHBACH, MICHAEL ANDREW · 2016 to 2019
$1.4M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI001115Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI001132NCI NIH HHS P30 CA124435NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK110174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Certain bacterial colonists induce a highly specific T cell response. A hallmark of this encounter is that adaptive immunity develops preemptively, in the absence of an infection. However, the functional properties of colonist-induced T cells are not well defined, limiting our ability to understand anticommensal immunity and harness it therapeutically. We addressed both challenges by engineering the skin bacterium

Indexed as

Antigens, NeoplasmMelanomaSkinSkin NeoplasmsStaphylococcus epidermidisCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesGenetic EngineeringHumansImmunity, CellularAntigens, Neoplasm

Identifiers

PMID37053311
PMCPMC12356174

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