Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37173966›Full record

ReviewCancers2023

Understanding the Tumor Immune Microenvironment in Renal Cell Carcinoma.

Daniel D Shapiro, Brendan Dolan, Israa A Laklouk, Sahar Rassi, Taja Lozar, Hamid Emamekhoo, Andrew L Wentland, Meghan G Lubner, Edwin Jason Abel

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel D ShapiroDepartment of Urology, The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53726, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4079-9051
Brendan DolanDepartment of Urology, The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
Israa A LakloukDepartment of Pathology, The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53705, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9688-3167
Sahar RassiDepartment of Urology, The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53726, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-6454-3050
Taja LozarMcArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
Hamid EmamekhooDepartment of Medical Oncology, The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53726, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8506-8703
Andrew L WentlandDepartment of Radiology, The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53726, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1736-8218
Meghan G LubnerDepartment of Radiology, The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
Edwin Jason AbelDepartment of Urology, The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53726, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3363-0143
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scientific understanding of how the immune microenvironment interacts with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has substantially increased over the last decade as a result of research investigations and applying immunotherapies, which modulate how the immune system targets and eliminates RCC tumor cells. Clinically, immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy (ICI) has revolutionized the treatment of advanced clear cell RCC because of improved outcomes compared to targeted molecular therapies. From an immunologic perspective, RCC is particularly interesting because tumors are known to be highly inflamed, but the mechanisms underlying the inflammation of the tumor immune microenvironment are atypical and not well described. While technological advances in gene sequencing and cellular imaging have enabled precise characterization of RCC immune cell phenotypes, multiple theories have been suggested regarding the functional significance of immune infiltration in RCC progression. The purpose of this review is to describe the general concepts of the anti-tumor immune response and to provide a detailed summary of the current understanding of the immune response to RCC tumor development and progression. This article describes immune cell phenotypes that have been reported in the RCC microenvironment and discusses the application of RCC immunophenotyping to predict response to ICI therapy and patient survival.

Indexed as

immune checkpoint inhibitorimmune microenvironmentimmunotherapyrenal cell carcinomatumor immunology

Identifiers

PMID37173966
PMCPMC10177515
OpenAlexW4367183467

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