Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37390211›Full record

ArticleScience advances2023

Monocytic MDSCs exhibit superior immune suppression via adenosine and depletion of adenosine improves efficacy of immunotherapy.

Omar S Sarkar, Howard Donninger, Numan Al Rayyan, Lewis C Chew, Bryce Stamp, Xiang Zhang, Aaron Whitt, Chi Li, Melissa Hall, Robert A Mitchell and 4 more

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Article in Science advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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49citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Omar S SarkarDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4881-9088
Howard DonningerDepartment of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8589-1660
Numan Al RayyanDepartment of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Lewis C ChewJames Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Bryce StampJames Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Xiang ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1102-6313
Aaron WhittDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8129-2652
Chi LiDepartment of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Melissa HallJames Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8283-9210
Robert A MitchellDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8852-839X
Alfred ZippeliusCenter for Immunotherapy, Cancer Center Medical Oncology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1933-8178
John EatonJames Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Jason A ChesneyDepartment of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0217-8278
Kavitha YaddanapudiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1186-4587
University of Louisville · USUniversity Hospital of Basel · CH

Funding

The role of ECM-mediated mechanosignaling on regional immunosuppression in GBMP20GM135004 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI Sharmila Nair · 2020 to 2026
$21.1M
Identifying and targeting a novel mechanism of chemotherapy-induced immunotherapeutic resistance in non-small cell lung cancerR01CA272772 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI Kavitha Yaddanapudi · 2023 to 2026
$1.4M
Overcoming resistance to cancer immunotherapy by targeting MDSC-derived adenosineR21CA245560 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI YADDANAPUDI, KAVITHA · 2020 to 2021
$368k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA272772NCI NIH HHS R21 CA245560NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM135004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy is effective against many cancers for a subset of patients; a large percentage of patients remain unresponsive to this therapy. One contributing factor to ICI resistance is accumulation of monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells (M-MDSCs), a subset of innate immune cells with potent immunosuppressive activity against T lymphocytes. Here, using lung, melanoma, and breast cancer mouse models, we show that CD73-expressing M-MDSCs in the tumor microenvironment (TME) exhibit superior T cell suppressor function. Tumor-derived PGE

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Myeloid-Derived Suppressor CellsAdenosineAnimalsImmunosuppression TherapyImmunosuppressive AgentsImmunotherapyMiceAdenosineImmunosuppressive Agents

Identifiers

PMID37390211
PMCPMC10313166
OpenAlexW4382751473

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