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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2023

Adjusting the dose of traditional drugs combined with immunotherapy: reshaping the immune microenvironment in lung cancer.

Linlin Wang, Changqi Du, Bing Jiang, Lin Chen, Zibing Wang

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Linlin WangDepartment of Immunotherapy, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Changqi DuGansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Bing JiangGansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Lin ChenGuangzhou Medical University-Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health (GMU-GIBH) Joint School of Life Sciences, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Laboratory for Cell Fate Regulation and Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Zibing WangDepartment of Immunotherapy, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNGuangzhou Medical University · CNHenan Cancer Hospital · CNZhengzhou University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy is currently the most promising clinical treatment for lung cancer, not only revolutionizing second-line therapy but now also approved for first-line treatment. However, its clinical efficiency is not high and not all patients benefit from it. Thus, finding the best combination strategy to expand anti-PD-1/PD-L1-based immunotherapy is now a hot research topic. The conventional use of chemotherapeutic drugs and targeted drugs inevitably leads to resistance, toxic side effects and other problems. Recent research, however, suggests that by adjusting the dosage of drugs and blocking the activation of mutational mechanisms that depend on acquired resistance, it is possible to reduce toxic side effects, activate immune cells, and reshape the immune microenvironment of lung cancer. Here, we discuss the effects of different chemotherapeutic drugs and targeted drugs on the immune microenvironment. We explore the effects of adjusting the dosing sequence and timing, and the mechanisms of such responses, and show how the effectiveness and reliability of combined immunotherapy provide improved treatment outcomes.

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Lung NeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyReproducibility of ResultsTreatment OutcomeTumor Microenvironmentdrug dose adjustmentimmune checkpoint inhibitorsimmune microenviromentimmunothearpylung cancer

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PMID37901223
PMCPMC10600379
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