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ReviewClinical and experimental medicine2025

Harnessing IL-27: challenges and potential in cancer immunotherapy.

Ali Heidarnejad Maleki, Mansour Rajabivahid, Elnaz Khosh, Zeinab Khanali, Safa Tahmasebi, Mahmood Dehghani Ghorbi

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Review in Clinical and experimental medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Ali Heidarnejad Maleki *School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Mansour Rajabivahid *Department of Internal Medicine, Valiasr Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Elnaz KhoshSchool of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Zeinab KhanaliSchool of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Safa TahmasebiStudent Research Committee, Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Safa.tahmasebi@sbmu.ac.ir.
Mahmood Dehghani GhorbiDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Imam Hossein Educational Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. dr.mahmooddehghani@gmail.com.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IL-27 is structurally an immune-enhancing and pleiotropic two-chain cytokine associated with IL-12 and IL-6 families. IL-27 contains two subunits, namely IL-27p28 and EBI3. A heterodimer receptor of IL-27, composed of IL27Rα (WSX1) and IL6ST (gp130) chains, mediates the IL-27 function following the activation of STAT1 and STAT3 signaling pathways. Specifically, IL-27 is identified as augmenting cytokine of immune responses, including Th1 cell differentiation, TCd4 + cell proliferation, and IFN-γ production with the help of IL-12. According to several published studies, due to the pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory functions of cytokine related to the biological context in various disorders and diseases, IL-27 has been considered a complex regulator of the immune system. Surprisingly, the dual role of IL-27, the same as the double-edged sword, has also been evidenced in clinical models of various hematological or solid tumors. Predominantly, Il-27 applies anti-tumor functions by inducing the responses of a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) and Th1 and suppressing the growth, proliferation, angiogenesis, invasiveness, metastasis, and survival of tumor cells. On the other hand, IL-27 may also play a protumor role in cancers and induce tumor progression. The current update study aimed to summarize the protumor anti-tumor and biological functions of IL-27 in different hematological malignancies and solid tumors.

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ImmunotherapyNeoplasmsAnimalsHumansInterleukin-27InterleukinsSignal TransductionTh1 CellsInterleukin-27InterleukinsMYDGF protein, humanCancerHematological malignancyImmunotherapyInterleukin-27Solid tumor

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PMID39797931
PMCPMC11724803

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