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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Natural-Product-Derived Adjunctive Treatments to Conventional Therapy and Their Immunoregulatory Activities in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.

Lea Ling-Yu Kan, Ben Chung-Lap Chan, Ping-Chung Leung, Chun-Kwok Wong

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lea Ling-Yu KanInstitute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Ben Chung-Lap ChanInstitute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5505-1065
Ping-Chung LeungInstitute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0195-4688
Chun-Kwok WongInstitute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5637-8331
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

Innovation and Technology Commission 00000Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin R & D Centre for Chinese Medicine, CUHK, Hong Kong 00000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an invasive and persistent subtype of breast cancer that is likely to be resistant to conventional treatments. The rise in immunotherapy has created new modalities to treat cancer, but due to high costs and unreliable efficacy, adjunctive and complementary treatments have sparked interest in enhancing the efficacy of currently available treatments. Natural products, which are bioactive compounds derived from natural sources, have historically been used to treat or ameliorate inflammatory diseases and symptoms. As TNBC patients have shown little to no response to immunotherapy, the potential of natural products as candidates for adjuvant immunotherapy is being explored, as well as their immunomodulatory effects on cancer. Due to the complexity of TNBC and the ever-changing tumor microenvironment, there are challenges in determining the feasibility of using natural products to enhance the efficacy or counteract the toxicity of conventional treatments. In view of technological advances in molecular docking, pharmaceutical networking, and new drug delivery systems, natural products show promise as potential candidates in adjunctive therapy. In this article, we summarize the mechanisms of action of selected natural-product-based bioactive compounds and analyze their roles and applications in combination treatments and immune regulation.

Indexed as

Triple Negative Breast NeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyMolecular Docking SimulationTumor Microenvironmentadjunctive immunotherapycancernatural productstumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID37570775
PMCPMC10421415
OpenAlexW4385455202

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