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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2025

Serotonin receptor 5-HT

Rong En Tay, Charmaine Min Ho, Nicholas Da Zhi Ang, Hui Chien Tay, Daniel Z Lopez, Qiao Rui Na, Yi Wen Tan, Ser Mei Koh, Kim Peng Tan, Wendy Lee and 5 more

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Rong En Tay *Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore tay_rong_en@immunol.a-star.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3647-9271
Charmaine Min Ho *Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore.
Nicholas Da Zhi AngSingapore Immunology Network, Singapore.
Hui Chien TaySingapore Immunology Network, Singapore.
Daniel Z LopezSingapore Immunology Network, Singapore.
Qiao Rui NaNanyang Technological University School of Biological Sciences, Singapore.
Yi Wen TanDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Ser Mei KohSingapore Immunology Network, Singapore.
Kim Peng TanSingapore Immunology Network, Singapore.
Wendy LeeSingapore Immunology Network, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7044-174X
Jackwee LimSingapore Immunology Network, Singapore.
Maichan LauSingapore Immunology Network, Singapore.
Han Chong TohNational Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore.
Olaf Rotzschke *Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore.
Laurent Rénia *Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhile recent clinical trials of combination immunotherapies for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have shown promising clinical efficacy and survival improvements breakthroughs, there is still much room for further improvement. A key limiting factor for HCC immunotherapy is the intrinsic immunosuppression within the liver microenvironment, resulting in suboptimal priming of tumor-specific CD8 cytotoxic T cells and thus immune evasion by the tumor. Hence, identifying new key molecular pathways suppressing T-cell responses within the liver is critical for the rational design of more effective combination immunotherapies for HCC.

methodsWe identified the 5-HT

resultsDisruption of 5-HT

conclusionsTogether, our data describe a role for 5-HT

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularImmunotherapyLiver NeoplasmsReceptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2AAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorHumansMiceReceptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2ACombination therapyHepatocellular CarcinomaImmunotherapyT cell

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PMID40550560
PMCPMC12186046

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