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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2024

Depletion of conventional CD4

Delaney E Ramirez, Christo P C Dragnev, Tyler G Searles, Nathaniel Spicer, Tiffany Chen, J Louise Lines, Aaron R Hawkes, Wilson L Davis, Asmaa Mohamed, Keisuke Shirai and 4 more

Abstract read
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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing 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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. CD4Oncoimmunology · 2026
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  4. The immunology of vitiligo.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2026
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  9. Transcriptomic signatures in peripheral CD4Frontiers in immunology · 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

14 authors.

Delaney E RamirezDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Christo P C DragnevDartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-7877-8058
Tyler G SearlesDartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3146-4812
Nathaniel SpicerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Tiffany ChenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
J Louise LinesDartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Aaron R HawkesDartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Wilson L DavisDartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Asmaa MohamedDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Keisuke ShiraiDartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Joseph D PhillipsDartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Pamela C RosatoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Yina H HuangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Mary Jo TurkDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA Mary.jo.turk@dartmouth.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9612-8329

Funding

Translational Therapeutics Research Program (TT)P30CA016058 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Daniel G. Stover · 1985 to 2026
$132.3M
Translational Engineering in Cancer (TEC)P30CA023108 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Fred W Kolling IV · 1985 to 2026
$91.3M
IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF MYELOID AND LYMPHOID CELLST32AI007363 · NIAID · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Claudia V Jakubzick · 1990 to 2026
$9.5M
Tissue Resident memory T cell responses to cancerR01CA225028 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Mary Jo Turk · 2018 to 2026
$4.9M
Sustaining Tissue Resident Memory T cellsR01CA254042 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Yina Hsing Huang, Mary Jo Turk · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
Activating Native Tumor Immunity with IL-33 Armored CARsR01CA271553 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Yina Hsing Huang · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016058NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023108NCI NIH HHS R01 CA225028NCI NIH HHS R01 CA254042NCI NIH HHS R01 CA271553NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007363
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOvercoming immune suppression is a major barrier to eliciting potent CD8

methodsTumor-bearing mice were treated with anti-CD4 versus other therapies that preserve helper T cell function, and the priming, tissue distribution, and maintenance of tumor antigen-specific CD8 T cells were assessed. Antibody blockade and transgenic mouse models were used to determine the mechanisms of CD8 T cell priming. Single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNAseq) was used to further characterize CD8 T cells that are primed by anti-CD4 therapy and to identify immunosuppressive CD4 T cell subsets in human melanoma following immune checkpoint blockade (ICB).

resultsComparing anti-CD4 to dual ICB therapy, we show that anti-CD4 facilitates more robust priming of TCF-1

conclusionsThese findings underscore the underappreciated benefit of depleting CD4

Indexed as

CD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmFemaleHumansMiceAntigens, NeoplasmImmunosuppressionImmunotherapyMemoryMonoclonal antibodyT cell

Identifiers

PMID39521617
PMCPMC11552015

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