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ArticleAnnual review of cancer biology2019

Cancer Immunotherapy: Beyond Checkpoint Blockade.

Michael Dougan, Glenn Dranoff, Stephanie K Dougan

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Article in Annual review of cancer biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
86citing papers in PubMed
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

86 citing papers in PubMed, 146 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael DouganDivision of Gastroenterology and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Glenn DranoffNovartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Stephanie K DouganHarvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Harvard University · USNovartis (United States) · US

Funding

Systematic interrogation of the pancreatic cancer microenvironment in patient-derived specimensU01CA224146 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI HAHN, WILLIAM C. · 2017 to 2021
$3.0M
Regulation of brown fat metabolism by the immune receptor PD-L1K08DK114563 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI DOUGAN, MICHAEL LAWRENCE · 2017 to 2021
$868k
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA224146NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK114563
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blocking antibodies to the immune checkpoint receptors or their ligands have revolutionized the treatment of diverse malignancies. Many tumors are recognized by adaptive immunity, but these adaptive responses can be inhibited by immunosuppressive mechanisms within the tumor, often through pathways outside of the currently targeted checkpoints. For this reason, only a minority of cancer patients achieve durable responses to current immunotherapies. Multiple novel approaches strive to expand immunotherapy's reach. These may include targeting alternative immune checkpoints. However, many investigational strategies look beyond checkpoint blockade. These include cellular therapies to bypass endogenous immunity and efforts to stimulate new adaptive antitumor responses using vaccines, adjuvants, and combinations with cytotoxic therapy, as well as strategies to inhibit innate immune suppression and modulate metabolism within the tumor microenvironment. The challenge for immunotherapy going forward will be to select rational strategies for overcoming barriers to effective antitumor responses from the myriad possible targets.

Indexed as

antitumor immunitycancercheckpoint blockadecombination therapyimmunotherapyoncogenic inflammationtoxicity

Identifiers

PMID37539076
PMCPMC10400018
OpenAlexW2899537551

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Registered trials

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