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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2024

Investigating the immune mechanism of natural products in the treatment of lung cancer.

Lian Yang, Yukun Chen, Kaile Liu, Yuanyuan Chen, Yu Zhang, Zhanxia Zhang, Hegen Li

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lian Yang *Department of Oncology, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yukun Chen *Department of Oncology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Kaile LiuDepartment of Oncology, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yuanyuan ChenCancer Institute, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yu ZhangCancer Institute, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Zhanxia ZhangCancer Institute, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Hegen LiDepartment of Oncology, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the deepening of people's understanding of lung cancer, the research of lung cancer immunotherapy has gradually become the focus of attention. As we all know, the treatment of many diseases relies on the rich sources, complex and varied compositions and wide range of unique biological properties of natural products. Studies have shown that natural products can exert anticancer effects by inducing tumor cell death, inhibiting tumor cell proliferation, and enhancing tumor cell autophagy. More notably, natural products can adjust and strengthen the body's immune response, which includes enhancing the function of NK cells and promoting the differentiation and proliferation of T lymphocytes. In addition, these natural products may enhance their anticancer effects by affecting inhibitory factors in the immune system, hormone levels, enzymes involved in biotransformation, and modulating other factors in the tumor microenvironment. The importance of natural products in lung cancer immunotherapy should not be underestimated. However, the specific links and correlations between natural products and lung cancer immunity are not clear enough, and further studies are urgently needed to clarify the relationship between the two. In this paper, we will focus on the correlation between natural products and lung cancer immune responses, with a view to providing new research perspectives for immunotherapy of lung cancer.

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adaptive immunityantitumor immunityinnate immunitylung cancernatural products

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PMID38420194
PMCPMC10899684
OpenAlexW4391818176

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