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ReviewCellular & molecular immunology2025

Immunogenicity of cell death and cancer immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Elena Catanzaro, Manuel Beltrán-Visiedo, Lorenzo Galluzzi, Dmitri V Krysko

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Review in Cellular & molecular immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 4 of them syntheses 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Elena Catanzaro *Cell Death Investigation and Therapy (CDIT) Laboratory, Anatomy and Embryology Unit, Department of Human Structure and Repair, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7699-3414
Manuel Beltrán-Visiedo *Cancer Signaling and Microenvironment Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Lorenzo GalluzziCancer Signaling and Microenvironment Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. deadoc80@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-2257-8500
Dmitri V KryskoCell Death Investigation and Therapy (CDIT) Laboratory, Anatomy and Embryology Unit, Department of Human Structure and Repair, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. dmitri.krysko@ugent.be.ORCID 0000-0002-9692-2047

Funding

Radiation Effect on Immune Cells and the MicrobiomeU54CA274291 · NCI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI John Ng · 2022 to 2026
$9.1M
Targeting the BCL2 immune checkpoint to enhance the immunostimulatory effects of radiation in breast cancerR01CA271915 · NCI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Lorenzo Galluzzi · 2023 to 2026
$2.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA271915NCI NIH HHS U54 CA274291
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has revolutionized the clinical management of various malignancies, a large fraction of patients are refractory to ICIs employed as standalone therapeutics, necessitating the development of combinatorial treatment strategies. Immunogenic cell death (ICD) inducers have attracted considerable interest as combinatorial partners for ICIs, at least in part owing to their ability to initiate a tumor-targeting adaptive immune response. However, compared with either approach alone, combinatorial regimens involving ICD inducers and ICIs have not always shown superior clinical activity. Here, we discuss accumulating evidence on the therapeutic interactions between ICD inducers and immunotherapy with ICIs in oncological settings, identify key factors that may explain discrepancies between preclinical and clinical findings, and propose strategies that address existing challenges to increase the efficacy of these combinations in patients with cancer.

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Immune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunogenic Cell DeathImmunotherapyNeoplasmsAnimalsHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsAntigen-presenting cellsChemotherapyClinical trialsCTLA4Mouse modelsPD-1Radiation therapyTargeted anticancer agents

Identifiers

PMID39653769
PMCPMC11685666

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