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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2024

Natural products: promising therapeutics for targeting regulatory immune cells in the tumor microenvironment.

Peng Song, Fei Song, Tingting Shao, Pengjuan Wang, Rongkun Li, Zhe-Sheng Chen, Zhaofang Zhang, Guozhong Xue

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Peng Song *Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China.
Fei Song *Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China.
Tingting Shao *Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China.
Pengjuan WangGansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China.
Rongkun LiGansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China.
Zhe-Sheng ChenCollege of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, United States.
Zhaofang ZhangGansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China.
Guozhong XueGansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory immune cells regulate immune responses through various mechanisms, affecting the occurrence, development, and therapeutic effects of tumors. In this article, we reviewed the important roles of regulatory immune cells, such as regulatory T cells (Tregs), regulatory B cells (Bregs), myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), regulatory dendritic cells (DCregs), and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), in the tumor microenvironment (TME). The immunomodulatory effects of natural products, such as polysaccharides, polyphenols, glycosides, alkaloids, terpenoids, quinones, and other compounds, which affect the functions of regulatory immune cells through molecular signaling pathways, thereby enhancing the potential of the antitumor immune response, are discussed. These findings provide new ideas and possibilities for the application of natural products in tumor treatment, which can help enhance the effectiveness of tumor treatment and improve patient prognosis.

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natural productspolyphenolspolysaccharidesregulatory immune cellstumor therapy

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PMID39605905
PMCPMC11598344

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