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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

IFIT3: a crucial mediator in innate immunity and tumor progression with therapeutic implications.

Rihan Wu, Hao Yang, Chunlei Liu

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 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

3 authors.

Rihan WuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital (Inner Mongolia Campus) & Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China.
Hao YangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital (Inner Mongolia Campus) & Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China.
Chunlei LiuTranslational Medicine Research Center, Medical Innovation Research Division of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interferon-Induced Protein with Tetratricopeptide Repeats 3 (IFIT3) plays a dual role in innate immunity and tumor immunity, functioning as both a viral defense molecule and a regulator of tumor progression. This review explores the mechanisms through which IFIT3 modulates immune responses, including interferon signaling, RIG-I-like receptors, and the NF-κB pathway. IFIT3 facilitates immune evasion and promotes inflammation-mediated tumor growth by regulating immune checkpoints and the tumor microenvironment, its emerging role as a target for cancer immunotherapy opens new avenues for therapeutic strategies. Finally, this paper underscores IFIT3's potential clinical applications in the modulation of tumor immunity, highlighting the need for further research on IFIT3-targeted therapies.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsNeoplasmsAnimalsDisease ProgressionHumansImmunotherapySignal TransductionTumor MicroenvironmentIFIT3 protein, humanIntracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteinscancer progressionIFIT3immunotherapyinnate immunitytumor immunity

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PMID40061935
PMCPMC11885914

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