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ArticleNature communications2025

HIV status alters immune cell infiltration and activation profile in women with breast cancer.

Marcus Bauer, Pablo Santos, Andreas Wilfer, Eunice van den Berg, Annelle Zietsman, Martina Vetter, Sandy Kaufhold, Claudia Wickenhauser, Isabel Dos-Santos-Silva, Wenlong Carl Chen and 6 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 4 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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Marcus BauerInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Halle, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany. marcus.bauer@uk-halle.de.
Pablo SantosGlobal and Planetary Health Working Group, Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biometrics and Informatics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3008-014X
Andreas WilferInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Halle, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Eunice van den BergDepartment of Anatomical Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Annelle ZietsmanAB May Cancer Centre, Windhoek Central Hospital, Windhoek, Namibia.
Martina VetterDepartment of Gynecology, University Hospital Halle, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6642-9585
Sandy KaufholdDepartment of Gynecology, University Hospital Halle, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Claudia WickenhauserInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Halle, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Isabel Dos-Santos-SilvaDepartment of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK.
Wenlong Carl ChenGlobal and Planetary Health Working Group, Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biometrics and Informatics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3248-4906
Herbert CubaschDepartment of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Nivashini MuruganDepartment of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-1980-1805
Valerie McCormackInternational Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, Lyon, France.
Maureen JoffeGlobal and Planetary Health Working Group, Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biometrics and Informatics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Barbara SeligerMedical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany. barbara.seliger@uk-halle.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5544-4958
Eva KantelhardtGlobal and Planetary Health Working Group, Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biometrics and Informatics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.

Funding

Novel predictors of survival among breast cancer patients with/without HIV in South AfricaR01CA250012 · NCI · WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD · PI CUBASCH, HERBERT, EL-SADR, WAFAA M. · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
African Breast Cancer - Disparities in Outcomes - Plus (ABC-DO Plus): Ghana mentoring supplementR01CA244559 · NCI · INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RES ON CANCER · PI DOS SANTOS SILVA, ISABEL, MCCORMACK, VALERIE · 2020 to 2023
$1.9M
HIV's Effects on Breast Cancer Treatment and Outcomes in South AfricaR01CA192627 · NCI · WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD · PI JACOBSON, JUDITH S, JOFFE, MAUREEN · 2015 to 2019
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA192627NCI NIH HHS R01 CA244559NCI NIH HHS R01 CA250012World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The breast cancer (BC)-related mortality is higher and the immunity is altered in women living with HIV (WLWH) compared to HIV-negative women. Therefore, tumor samples of 296 black BC patients from South Africa and Namibia with known age, HIV status, tumor stage, hormone receptor and HER2 status and overall survival (OS) are analyzed for components of the tumor microenvironment (TME). WLWH (n = 117), either with suppressed viral activity (HR = 1.25) or with immune suppression (HR = 2.04), have a shorter OS. HIV status is associated with increased numbers of CD8

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Breast NeoplasmsHIV InfectionsAdultAgedCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesFemaleHumansInterferon-gammaLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMiddle AgedNamibiaSouth AfricaTumor MicroenvironmentInterferon-gamma

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PMCPMC12092689

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