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ReviewApoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death2024

The Mutual Regulatory Role of Ferroptosis and Immunotherapy in Anti-tumor Therapy.

Zhiguo Mao, Yilong Hu, Yinan Zhao, Xiaolei Zhang, Lin Guo, Xiaoran Wang, Jinying Zhang, Mingsan Miao

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Review in Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

  1. Interaction of HIF-1a with various cell death pathways in tumor immune microenvironment (TIME).Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  14. The synergistic role of ferroptosis in osteosarcoma immunotherapy.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 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

8 authors.

Zhiguo Mao *Department of Pharmacology, Zhengdong New District, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 156 Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China.
Yilong Hu *Department of Pharmacology, Zhengdong New District, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 156 Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China.
Yinan ZhaoDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhengdong New District, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 156 Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China.
Xiaolei ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhengdong New District, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 156 Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China.
Lin GuoDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhengdong New District, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 156 Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China.
Xiaoran WangDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhengdong New District, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 156 Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China.
Jinying ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhengdong New District, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 156 Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China.
Mingsan MiaoDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhengdong New District, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 156 Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China. miaomingsan@163.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ferroptosis is a form of cell death that is triggered by the presence of ferrous ions and is characterized by lipid peroxidation induced by these ions. The mechanism exhibits distinct morphological characteristics compared to apoptosis, autophagy, and necrosis. A notable aspect of ferroptosis is its ability to inhibit uncontrolled tumor replication and immortalization, especially in malignant, drug-resistant, and metastatic tumors. Additionally, immunotherapy, a novel therapeutic approach for tumors, has been found to have a reciprocal regulatory relationship with ferroptosis in the context of anti-tumor therapy. A comprehensive analysis of ferroptosis and immunotherapy in tumor therapy is presented in this paper, highlighting the potential for mutual adjuvant effects. Specifically, we discuss the mechanisms underlying ferroptosis and immunotherapy, emphasizing their ability to improve the tumor immune microenvironment and enhance immunotherapeutic effects. Furthermore, we investigate how immunotherapeutic factors may increase the sensitivity of tumor cells to ferroptosis. We aim to provide a prospective view of the promising value of combined ferroptosis and immunotherapy in anticancer therapy by elucidating the mutual regulatory network between each.

Indexed as

FerroptosisImmunotherapyNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsHumansLipid PeroxidationCombined therapyFerroptosisImmune checkpointImmunotherapyTumor

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PMID38853203
PMCPMC11416416

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