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ReviewGenes2023

Immunohistochemical Expression of Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) in Human Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma: A Narrative Review with Historical Perspectives.

Gerardo Cazzato, Teresa Lettini, Anna Colagrande, Irma Trilli, Francesca Ambrogio, Carmelo Laface, Paola Parente, Eugenio Maiorano, Giuseppe Ingravallo

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In one paragraph

Review in Genes, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gerardo CazzatoSection of Molecular Pathology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0325-4316
Teresa LettiniSection of Molecular Pathology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0860-3044
Anna ColagrandeSection of Molecular Pathology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4676-0761
Irma TrilliOdontomatostologic Clinic, Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, University of Chieti, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2882-025X
Francesca AmbrogioSection of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5718-7003
Carmelo LafaceMedical Oncology, Dario Camberlingo Hospital, 72021 Francavilla Fontana, BR, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5074-4951
Paola ParentePathology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, FG, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0591-6723
Eugenio MaioranoSection of Molecular Pathology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0472-5338
Giuseppe IngravalloSection of Molecular Pathology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4792-3545
University of Bari Aldo Moro · ITCasa Sollievo della Sofferenza · ITUniversity of Chieti-Pescara · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is the primary ligand of the receptor programmed death-1 (PD-1) which is constitutively expressed or activated in myeloid, lymphoid (T, B and NK), normal epithelial cells, and cancer. The PD-1/PD-L1 interaction is crucial for the physiological development of immunological tolerance but also in the development of the cancer. Among these, malignant melanoma represents a tumour in which the immunohistochemical expression of PD-L1 is important to guide future therapeutic choices based on the presence/absence of expression. Various clones have been used over time for immunohistochemical determination, and different results and heterogeneity remain among the various studies in the literature. We perform a narrative review of the present studies in order to discuss and take stock of what certain achievements have been made in this field, what challenges remain, and what possible solutions can be found.

Indexed as

B7-H1 AntigenMelanomaCutaneous Malignant MelanomaHumansLigandsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorB7-H1 AntigenLigandsProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptoranti-PD-1immunotherapynivolumabPD-L1pembrolizumabprogrammed death-ligand 1

Identifiers

PMID37372432
PMCPMC10297918
OpenAlexW4380373800

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