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ArticleCancer cell2025

TIM3

Catalina Rozalén, Irene Sangrador, Silvia Avalle, Sandra Blasco-Benito, Panagiota Tzortzi, María Sanz-Flores, José Ángel Palomeque, Pau Torren-Duran, Mariona Dalmau, Helena Brunel and 17 more

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Article in Cancer cell, 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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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. The immunology of human breast cancer.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2026
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  4. γδ T cells and cancer.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

27 authors.

Catalina RozalénCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Irene SangradorCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Silvia AvalleCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Sandra Blasco-BenitoCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Panagiota TzortziCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
María Sanz-FloresCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
José Ángel PalomequeCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Pau Torren-DuranCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Mariona DalmauCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Helena BrunelCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Albert Coll-ManzanoCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Iván Pérez-NúñezCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Tamara MartosCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Oncología (CIBERONC-ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Medical Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
Sonia ServitjaCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Oncología (CIBERONC-ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Medical Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; GEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, Madrid, Spain.
Sandra Pérez-BuiraPathology Department, IIS, Fundación Jimenez Diaz, UAM, Madrid, Spain.
José Ignacio ChacónGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, Madrid, Spain; Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Toledo, Spain.
Ángel Guerrero-ZotanoGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, Madrid, Spain; Instituto Valenciano Oncología (IVO), Valencia, Spain.
Eduardo Martínez de DueñasGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, Madrid, Spain; Consorcio Hospitalario Provincial de Castellón, Castellón, Spain.
Yolanda GuillénCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Laura ComermaPathology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; GEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, Madrid, Spain.
Begoña BermejoGEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, Madrid, Spain; Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Medicine Department, Universidad de Valencia, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain.
Anna BigasCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Oncología (CIBERONC-ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Badalona, Spain.
María Casanova-AcebesSpanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), Madrid, Spain.
Anna AlemanyDepartment of Anatomy & Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW), Leiden, the Netherlands.
Federico RojoCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Oncología (CIBERONC-ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; GEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, Madrid, Spain; Pathology Department, IIS, Fundación Jimenez Diaz, UAM, Madrid, Spain.
Joan AlbanellCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Oncología (CIBERONC-ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Medical Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; GEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, Madrid, Spain.
Toni Celià-TerrassaCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; GEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: acelia@researchmar.net.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In metastasis, the dynamics of tumor-immune interactions during micrometastasis remain unclear. Identifying the vulnerabilities of micrometastases before outbreaking into macrometastases can reveal therapeutic opportunities for metastasis. Here, we report a function of T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 (TIM3) in tumor cells during micrometastasis using breast cancer (BC) metastasis mouse models. TIM3 is highly upregulated in micrometastases, promoting survival, stemness, and immune escape. TIM3

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsHepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2Immune EvasionNeoplasm MicrometastasisAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansMiceHAVCR2 protein, humanHepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2breast cancercancer immunoeditingEMTimmune-evasionmetastasismicrometastasisstemnessTIM3TIM3 blockadeγδ T cells

Identifiers

PMID40645187
PMCPMC12416865

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