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ReviewCancers2024

The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor: Impact on the Tumor Immune Microenvironment and Modulation as a Potential Therapy.

Brian D Griffith, Timothy L Frankel

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Review in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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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

27 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Fusobacterium nucleatum, succinate signaling, and immunotherapy resistance in colorectal cancer: clinical relevance and translational opportunities.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  16. Myeloid metabolism and its role in immunotherapy of cancer.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025
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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

2 authors.

Brian D GriffithDepartment of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Timothy L FrankelDepartment of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

Funding

University of Michigan Surgical Oncology Research Training ProgramT32CA009672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI JACQUELINE SARA JERUSS, WEIPING ZOU · 1991 to 2026
$6.0M
Mechanisms of myeloid cell driven pancreatic plasticity and carcinogenesisR01CA268426 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Timothy Louis Frankel, Marina Pasca Di Magliano · 2023 to 2026
$2.5M
Epithelial-immune cell crosstalk during injury and recovery in acute pancreatitisR01DK128102 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Timothy Louis Frankel · 2022 to 2026
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009672NIH HHS R01CA268426NIH HHS R01DK128102NIH HHS T32CA009672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ubiquitous nuclear receptor with a broad range of functions, both in tumor cells and immune cells within the tumor microenvironment (TME). Activation of AhR has been shown to have a carcinogenic effect in a variety of organs, through induction of cellular proliferation and migration, promotion of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, and inhibition of apoptosis, among other functions. However, the impact on immune cell function is more complicated, with both pro- and anti-tumorigenic roles identified. Although targeting AhR in cancer has shown significant promise in pre-clinical studies, there has been limited efficacy in phase III clinical trials to date. With the contrasting roles of AhR activation on immune cell polarization, understanding the impact of AhR activation on the tumor immune microenvironment is necessary to guide therapies targeting the AhR. This review article summarizes the state of knowledge of AhR activation on the TME, limitations of current findings, and the potential for modulation of the AhR as a cancer therapy.

Indexed as

aryl hydrocarbon receptorimmunotherapytumor immune evasiontumor immune microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID38339226
PMCPMC10854841

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