Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37869076›Full record

ReviewFrontiers in oncology2023

Location, location, location: mapping the lymphoma tumor microenvironment using spatial transcriptomics.

Keir Pickard, Emily Stephenson, Alex Mitchell, Laura Jardine, Chris M Bacon

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Keir PickardBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Emily StephensonBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Alex MitchellHaematology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Laura JardineBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Chris M BaconTranslational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBNewcastle University · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/X001415/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lymphomas are a heterogenous group of lymphoid neoplasms with a wide variety of clinical presentations. Response to treatment and prognosis differs both between and within lymphoma subtypes. Improved molecular and genetic profiling has increased our understanding of the factors which drive these clinical dynamics. Immune and non-immune cells within the lymphoma tumor microenvironment (TME) can both play a key role in antitumor immune responses and conversely also support lymphoma growth and survival. A deeper understanding of the lymphoma TME would identify key lymphoma and immune cell interactions which could be disrupted for therapeutic benefit. Single cell RNA sequencing studies have provided a more comprehensive description of the TME, however these studies are limited in that they lack spatial context. Spatial transcriptomics provides a comprehensive analysis of gene expression within tissue and is an attractive technique in lymphoma to both disentangle the complex interactions between lymphoma and TME cells and improve understanding of how lymphoma cells evade the host immune response. This article summarizes current spatial transcriptomic technologies and their use in lymphoma research to date. The resulting data has already enriched our knowledge of the mechanisms and clinical impact of an immunosuppressive TME in lymphoma and the accrual of further studies will provide a fundamental step in the march towards personalized medicine.

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lymphomapersonalized medicinesingle cell RNA sequencingspatial transcriptomicstumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID37869076
PMCPMC10586500
OpenAlexW4387341606

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