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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Unraveling the Role of Tumor-Infiltrating Immune Cells in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Implications for Antitumor Immune Responses and Immunotherapy.

Paula Constanza Arriola Benítez, Mariel Fusco, Ricardo Amorin, Carlos Rafael Picón, Flavia Piccioni, Lucia Victoria, Manglio Miguel Rizzo, Mariana Malvicini

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 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

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Paula Constanza Arriola BenítezCancer Immunobiology Laboratory, Facultad de Ciencias Biomédicas, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional (IIMT), CONICET-Universidad Austral, Av. Presidente Perón 1500, Derqui-Pilar B1629ODT, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mariel FuscoCancer Immunobiology Laboratory, Facultad de Ciencias Biomédicas, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional (IIMT), CONICET-Universidad Austral, Av. Presidente Perón 1500, Derqui-Pilar B1629ODT, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID 0009-0003-3201-3009
Ricardo AmorinDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Hospital Universitario Austral, Av. Presidente Perón 1500, Derqui-Pilar B1629ODT, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Carlos Rafael PicónDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Hospital Universitario Austral, Av. Presidente Perón 1500, Derqui-Pilar B1629ODT, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Flavia PiccioniCancer Immunobiology Laboratory, Facultad de Ciencias Biomédicas, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional (IIMT), CONICET-Universidad Austral, Av. Presidente Perón 1500, Derqui-Pilar B1629ODT, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID 0009-0008-0188-9661
Lucia VictoriaDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Hospital Universitario Austral, Av. Presidente Perón 1500, Derqui-Pilar B1629ODT, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Manglio Miguel RizzoCancer Immunobiology Laboratory, Facultad de Ciencias Biomédicas, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional (IIMT), CONICET-Universidad Austral, Av. Presidente Perón 1500, Derqui-Pilar B1629ODT, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mariana MalviciniCancer Immunobiology Laboratory, Facultad de Ciencias Biomédicas, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional (IIMT), CONICET-Universidad Austral, Av. Presidente Perón 1500, Derqui-Pilar B1629ODT, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0003-0026-6231

Funding

CONICET, ANPCyT, Universidad Austral, Fundación Florencio Fiorini (FFF) PIP 2023-2025-11220220100568CO (M.M), Concurso Interno de proyectos de Investigación Científica (20 ava convocatoria; M.M and P.C.A.B); PICT 2019-4446 (M.M.R), PICT 2021-0164 (M.M); FFF (P.C.A.B; L.V).
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a highly heterogeneous malignancy characterized by a complex tumor microenvironment (TME) that plays a critical role in disease progression and therapeutic resistance. Tumor-infiltrating immune cells, including T lymphocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, and myeloid-derived suppressor cells, exhibit dual functions, either promoting or suppressing tumor growth depending on their phenotype and interactions within the TME. The presence of immune evasion mechanisms, such as the loss of human leukocyte antigen (

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Head and Neck NeoplasmsImmunotherapyLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckAnimalsHumansTumor EscapeTumor Microenvironmenthead and neck cancerimmune checkpoint inhibitorsimmune evasiontumor microenvironment

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PMID40650111
PMCPMC12249798

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