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ReviewCancers2023

B7-H3 in Pediatric Tumors: Far beyond Neuroblastoma.

Cristina Bottino, Chiara Vitale, Alessandra Dondero, Roberta Castriconi

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Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Prospects of Synergy: Local Interventions and CAR T Cell Therapy in Solid Tumors.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2024
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cristina BottinoDepartment of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6695-1739
Chiara VitaleDepartment of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2865-1281
Alessandra DonderoDepartment of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Roberta CastriconiDepartment of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2806-1115
University of Genoa · ITIstituto Giannina Gaslini · IT

Funding

Italian Ministry of Health project 5M-2018-23680422
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

B7-H3 is a 4Ig transmembrane protein that emerged as a tumor-associated antigen in neuroblastoma. It belongs to the B7 family, shows an immunoregulatory role toward NK and T cells, and, therefore, has been included in the growing family of immune checkpoints. Besides neuroblastoma, B7-H3 is expressed by many pediatric cancers including tumors of the central nervous system, sarcomas, and acute myeloid leukemia. In children, particularly those affected by solid tumors, the therapeutic protocols are aggressive and cause important life-threatening side effects. Moreover, despite the improved survival observed in the last decade, a relevant number of patients show therapy resistance and fatal relapses. Immunotherapy represents a new frontier in the cure of cancer patients and the targeting of tumor antigens or immune checkpoints blockade showed exciting results in adults. In this encouraging scenario, researchers and clinicians are exploring the possibility to use immunotherapeutics targeting B7-H3; these include mAbs and chimeric antigen receptor T-cells (CAR-T). These tools are rapidly evolving to improve the efficacy and decrease the unwanted side effects; drug-conjugated mAbs, bi-tri-specific mAbs or CAR-T, and, very recently, NK cell engagers (NKCE), tetra-specific molecules engaging a tumor-associated antigen and NK cells, have been generated. Preclinical data are promising, and clinical trials are ongoing. Hopefully, the B7-H3 targeting will provide important benefits to cancer patients.

Indexed as

B7-H3clinical trialsimmunotherapypediatric tumors

Identifiers

PMID37444389
PMCPMC10340324
OpenAlexW4381617177

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