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ArticleScience advances2025

Targeting HMGB2 acts as dual immunomodulator by bolstering CD8

Wei-Feng Qu, Gui-Qi Zhu, Rui Yang, Tian-Hao Chu, Zhi-Qi Guan, Run Huang, Meng-Xin Tian, Xi-Fei Jiang, Chen-Yang Tao, Yuan Fang and 11 more

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Article in Science advances, 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Wei-Feng QuDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9611-0607
Gui-Qi ZhuDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5089-6923
Rui YangDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0009-0000-6735-6480
Tian-Hao ChuDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4978-7604
Zhi-Qi GuanDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0009-0009-7396-4736
Run HuangDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.
Meng-Xin TianDepartment of General Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Xi-Fei JiangDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.
Chen-Yang TaoDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.
Yuan FangDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.
Jun GaoDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.
Xiao-Ling WuDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.
Jia-Feng ChenDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.
Qian-Fu ZhaoDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0009-0007-1032-7612
Yi WangDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.
Yi-Chao BuDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0009-0002-1283-3547
Jian ZhouDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2118-1117
Jia FanDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5158-629X
Wei-Ren LiuDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3393-1322
Zheng TangDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0256-4494
Ying-Hong ShiDepartment of Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1833-8988

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cell exhaustion is a critical obstacle for durable treatment response in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Developing drugs that control tumor growth and simultaneously bolster immune function is of great significance. Although high-mobility group box 2 (HMGB2) has been reported to be crucial to HCC prognosis, its role in the tumor microenvironment remains unclear. Here, we found HMGB2

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHMGB2 ProteinImmunologic FactorsLiver NeoplasmsAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationHumansInterferon-gammaMiceProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorTanninsTumor MicroenvironmentHMGB2 ProteinImmunologic FactorsInterferon-gammaProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorTannins

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PMID40315321
PMCPMC12047442

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