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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2023

Exhausted T cells hijacking the cancer-immunity cycle: Assets and liabilities.

Anna E Brunell, Riitta Lahesmaa, Anu Autio, Anil K Thotakura

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Anna E BrunellTurku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
Riitta LahesmaaTurku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
Anu AutioImmuno-Oncology, Oncology Research, Orion Corporation, Turku, Finland.
Anil K ThotakuraImmuno-Oncology, Oncology Research, Orion Corporation, Turku, Finland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cell exhaustion is an alternative differentiation path of T cells, sometimes described as a dysfunction. During the last decade, insights of T cell exhaustion acting as a bottle neck in the field of cancer immunotherapy have undoubtedly provoked attention. One of the main drivers of T cell exhaustion is prolonged antigen presentation, a prerequisite in the cancer-immunity cycle. The umbrella term "T cell exhaustion" comprises various stages of T cell functionalities, describing the dynamic, one-way exhaustion process. Together these qualities of T cells at the exhaustion continuum can enable tumor clearance, but if the exhaustion acquired timeframe is exceeded, tumor cells have increased possibilities of escaping immune system surveillance. This could be considered a tipping point where exhausted T cells switch from an asset to a liability. In this review, the contrary role of exhausted T cells is discussed.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsT-LymphocytesAntigen PresentationCell DifferentiationHumansImmunotherapycancer-immunity cyclefunctional adaptionimmunotherapyT cell dysfunctionT cell exhaustion

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PMID37122741
PMCPMC10140554

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