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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2023

Chemical carcinogens: implications for cancer treatment.

Shaofeng Liu, Mary Saunders, Tak W Mak

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 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 30% 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, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Shaofeng LiuPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Mary SaundersPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Tak W MakPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre · CAHong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation · CN

Funding

CIHR 143268CIHR 488053
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carcinogen exposure has been associated with enhanced cancer immunogenicity that is often attributed to neoantigen generation. However, the broader, neoantigen-independent impact of carcinogens on immune responses to cancer cells remains underexplored. In this issue of the JCI, Huang et al. uncover a mechanism wherein carcinogen-treated cancer cells exhibit an inability to establish an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) due to reduced M-CSF expression. Intriguingly, the so-called carcinogen-induced tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) within this TME exhibited anti-tumor properties instead of the conventional immunosuppressive phenotype. This phenomenon extended to human lung cancers, as evidenced by TAM reprogramming in smokers versus nonsmokers. This study substantially advances our understanding of carcinogen-mediated effects on cancer immunogenicity, potentially redirecting approaches to cancer immunotherapy.

Indexed as

Lung NeoplasmsNeoplasmsCarcinogensHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsImmunotherapyPhenotypeTumor MicroenvironmentCarcinogensImmunosuppressive Agents

Identifiers

PMID37843275
PMCPMC10575717
OpenAlexW4387653137

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Registered trials

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