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ReviewBiomarker research2024

The war between the immune system and the tumor - using immune biomarkers as tracers.

Kai Yang, Rongrong Lu, Jie Mei, Kai Cao, Tianyu Zeng, Yijia Hua, Xiang Huang, Wei Li, Yongmei Yin

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Review in Biomarker research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Kai Yang *Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China.
Rongrong Lu *Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China.
Jie Mei *Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China.
Kai CaoDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China.
Tianyu ZengDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China.
Yijia HuaDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China.
Xiang HuangDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China. lorelai@njmu.edu.cn.
Wei LiDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China. liwei7769@163.com.
Yongmei YinDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, P. R. China. ymyin@njmu.edu.cn.

Funding

Beijing Xisike Clinical Oncology Research Foundation Y-2019AZZD-00680High-level Innovation Team of Nanjing Medical University Program JX102GSP201727National Natural Science Foundation of China grants 81972484, 82272667The Collaborative Innovation Center for Tumor Individualization Program JX21817902/008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nowadays, immunotherapy is one of the most promising anti-tumor therapeutic strategy. Specifically, immune-related targets can be used to predict the efficacy and side effects of immunotherapy and monitor the tumor immune response. In the past few decades, increasing numbers of novel immune biomarkers have been found to participate in certain links of the tumor immunity to contribute to the formation of immunosuppression and have entered clinical trials. Here, we systematically reviewed the oncogenesis and progression of cancer in the view of anti-tumor immunity, particularly in terms of tumor antigen expression (related to tumor immunogenicity) and tumor innate immunity to complement the cancer-immune cycle. From the perspective of integrated management of chronic cancer, we also appraised emerging factors affecting tumor immunity (including metabolic, microbial, and exercise-related markers). We finally summarized the clinical studies and applications based on immune biomarkers. Overall, immune biomarkers participate in promoting the development of more precise and individualized immunotherapy by predicting, monitoring, and regulating tumor immune response. Therefore, targeting immune biomarkers may lead to the development of innovative clinical applications.

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CancerImmune biomarkerImmunotherapyTumor immunity

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PMID38816871
PMCPMC11137916

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