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ReviewCancers2024

Tumor Immune Microenvironment in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Regulatory Mechanisms, Functions, and Therapeutic Implications.

Angela Dalia Ricci, Alessandro Rizzo, Annalisa Schirizzi, Rosalba D'Alessandro, Giorgio Frega, Giovanni Brandi, Endrit Shahini, Raffaele Cozzolongo, Claudio Lotesoriere, Gianluigi Giannelli

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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 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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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

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.

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

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

10 authors.

Angela Dalia RicciMedical Oncology Unit, National Institute of Gastroenterology, IRCCS "S. de Bellis" Research Hospital, 70013 Castellana Grotte, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0701-6764
Alessandro RizzoS.S.D. C.O.r.O. Bed Management Presa in Carico, TDM, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5257-8678
Annalisa SchirizziLaboratory of Experimental Oncology, National Institute of Gastroenterology, IRCCS "S. de Bellis" Research Hospital, 70013 Castellana Grotte, Italy.
Rosalba D'AlessandroLaboratory of Experimental Oncology, National Institute of Gastroenterology, IRCCS "S. de Bellis" Research Hospital, 70013 Castellana Grotte, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9604-366X
Giorgio FregaOsteoncology, Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcomas, Innovative Therapy Unit, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9153-0557
Giovanni BrandiMedical Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Endrit ShahiniGastroenterology Unit, National Institute of Gastroenterology-IRCCS "Saverio de Bellis", 70013 Castellana Grotte, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4909-0436
Raffaele CozzolongoGastroenterology Unit, National Institute of Gastroenterology-IRCCS "Saverio de Bellis", 70013 Castellana Grotte, Italy.
Claudio LotesoriereMedical Oncology Unit, National Institute of Gastroenterology, IRCCS "S. de Bellis" Research Hospital, 70013 Castellana Grotte, Italy.
Gianluigi GiannelliScientific Direction, National Institute of Gastroenterology, IRCCS "S. de Bellis" Research Hospital, 70013 Castellana Grotte, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5140-8060

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatment options for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA), a highly malignant tumor with poor prognosis, are limited. Recent developments in immunotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have offered new hope for treating iCCA. However, several issues remain, including the identification of reliable biomarkers of response to ICIs and immune-based combinations. Tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) of these hepatobiliary tumors has been evaluated and is under assessment in this setting in order to boost the efficacy of ICIs and to convert these immunologically "cold" tumors to "hot" tumors. Herein, the review TIME of ICCA and its critical function in immunotherapy. Moreover, this paper also discusses potential avenues for future research, including novel targets for immunotherapy and emerging treatment plans aimed to increase the effectiveness of immunotherapy and survival rates for iCCA patients.

Indexed as

biliary tract cancercholangiocarcinomaimmune checkpoint inhibitorsimmunotherapymacrophagestumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID39456636
PMCPMC11505966

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