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ArticleNature communications2025

Interleukin-16 enhances anti-tumor immune responses by establishing a Th1 cell-macrophage crosstalk through reprogramming glutamine metabolism in mice.

Zhenzhen Wen, Tong Liu, Xutao Xu, Nandini Acharya, Zhida Shen, Yunkun Lu, Junjie Xu, Ke Guo, Shuying Shen, Yuening Zhao and 16 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors.

Zhenzhen Wen *Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Tong Liu *Department of Breast Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9234-1328
Xutao Xu *Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Nandini AcharyaPelotonia Institute for Immuno-Oncology, OSUCCC-James, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Zhida ShenDepartment of Cardiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Yunkun LuDepartment of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7605-1259
Junjie XuDepartment of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6507-6442
Ke GuoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Shuying ShenDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4523-8501
Yuening ZhaoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Pinli WangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Shumin LiDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Weiyu ChenDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, China.
Hui LiDepartment of Thoracic Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-1624
Yimin DingDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Min ShangDepartment of Cardiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4511-4290
Hongshan GuoLiangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2799-2989
Yu HouLiangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Bijun CuiDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Manlu ShenDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Youling HuangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Ting PanInstitute of Immunology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Wang QingqingInstitute of Immunology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. wqq@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0415-0052
Qian CaoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. caoq@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7938-7532
Kai WangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, China. kaiw@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4328-8799
Peng XiaoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. tulipxp@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0075-581X

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81930041National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81970484National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82171730National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82272872National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) U22A20307Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation) LY22H160003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Overcoming immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment (TME) is crucial for developing novel cancer immunotherapies. Here, we report that IL-16 administration enhances the polarization of T helper 1 (Th1) cells by inhibiting glutamine catabolism through the downregulation of glutaminase in CD4

Indexed as

GlutamineMacrophagesNeoplasmsTh1 CellsAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleGlutaminaseHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyInterferon-gammaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLTumor-Associated MacrophagesTumor MicroenvironmentGlutaminaseGlutamineImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsInterferon-gamma

Identifiers

PMID40064918
PMCPMC11893787

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