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ReviewCombinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening2025

Current Perspectives of Immunotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Xiaoyi Liu, Xiaoyong Lei, Sheng Huang, Xiaoyan Yang

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Review in Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xiaoyi LiuSchool of Pharmaceutical Science, Hengyang Medical College, University of South China, 28 Western Changsheng Road, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, People's Republic of China.
Xiaoyong LeiSchool of Pharmaceutical Science, Hengyang Medical College, University of South China, 28 Western Changsheng Road, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, People's Republic of China.
Sheng HuangJiuzhitang Co., Ltd, Changsha, Hunan 410007, People's Republic of China.
Xiaoyan YangSchool of Pharmaceutical Science, Hengyang Medical College, University of South China, 28 Western Changsheng Road, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, People's Republic of China.

Funding

Hengyang City Science and Technology Planning Project 202150063473National Project of College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program 202210555100Scientific Research Project of Hunan Provincial Education Department 21B0438Scientific Research Project of Hunan Provincial Health Commission 202202044140
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma is the sixth most common tumor and the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide. It ranks fourth in the spectrum of malignant tumor incidence and second in the order of death from major malignant tumors in China. Hepatocellular carcinoma is a complex ecosystem containing non-tumor cells (mainly immune-related cells), and its immunotherapy can stimulate the recognition of specific tumor antigens, inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells, and produce over-memory lymphocytes, which can prevent recurrence. So, immunotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma is increasingly becoming a research hotspot in liver cancer treatment. With the intensive research in recent years, great progress has been made in immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma, including immune checkpoint inhibitors, pericyte therapy, vaccination, and antiviral therapy. In addition, the study found that the therapeutic effect of combination therapy was enhanced compared to monotherapy. This review summarizes the most prominent immunotherapies currently available for the clinical treatment of patients with HCC and the main opportunities and challenges facing HCC research.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularImmunotherapyLiver NeoplasmsHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorscancerclinical treatmentHCC.Hepatocellular carcinomaimmunotherapymalignant tumor

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PMID38031784

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