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ReviewCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2024

Bifidobacterium modulation of tumor immunotherapy and its mechanism.

Bo Pei, Shixuan Peng, Chuying Huang, Fuxiang Zhou

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Review in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
18.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 48 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

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Bo Pei *Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behaviors, Department of Radiation Oncology and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan, China.
Shixuan Peng *Department of Oncology, Graduate Collaborative Training Base of The First People's Hospital of Xiangtan City, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
Chuying HuangDepartment of Oncology, The Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Enshi Clinical College of Wuhan University, Enshi, China.
Fuxiang ZhouHubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behaviors, Department of Radiation Oncology and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan, China. happyzhoufx@sina.com.
The Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture · CNUniversity of South China · CNWuhan University · CNZhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 81660503, 82160490Natural Science Foundation of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Government D20220060Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province 2022BCE005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advent of tumor immunotherapy in patients has revolutionized the treatment of tumors and significantly improved survival rates for a wide range of tumors. However, the full therapeutic potential of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has yet to be realized, as not all patients have a lasting survival benefit from them, and a significant proportion of patients show primary or acquired resistance to immunotherapy. Bifidobacterium is one of the most common probiotics, and its antitumor and immunomodulatory effects have been demonstrated in recent years, but its immunomodulatory effects in tumors, especially on ICIs and in combination, have not been extensively studied in clinical practice, and its effects on the immune system and the mechanisms that modulate immunotherapy are largely unknown. Therefore, this review will focus on the immunomodulatory effects of Bifidobacteria in malignancies and the possible mechanisms of action of Bifidobacteria on immunotherapy in the hope of providing a basis for further research and better application of Bifidobacteria in clinical practice.

Indexed as

ImmunomodulationImmunotherapyBifidobacteriumHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsBifidobacteriumGut probioticsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsImmunotherapyMechanism

Identifiers

PMID38564002
PMCPMC10987355
OpenAlexW4393530022

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