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ReviewJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2025

Endothelial cells as targets of immune checkpoint blockade.

Alan J Korman, Matthew Taylor, F Stephen Hodi

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Review 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 2 papers.

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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

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alan J KormanBluesphere Bio, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA alan.korman@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1142-8542
Matthew TaylorEarle A Chiles Research Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA.
F Stephen HodiDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tumor vasculature acts as the gatekeeper to the tumor microenvironment, thus regulating the ability of immune cells to roll, anchor, and cross the endothelium from blood to tissue. While the role of endothelial cells (EC) in T Cell migration and extravasation has been extensively studied, the ability of ECs to control T Cell function is less well appreciated. Several well-characterized regulators of T Cell function are expressed by ECs, while others are induced by soluble factors required for EC development and differentiation. Targeting the molecules expressed by immunomodulatory ECs may provide approaches to improve tumor immunotherapy.

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Endothelial CellsImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyNeoplasmsAnimalsHumansTumor MicroenvironmentImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmune Checkpoint InhibitorImmune modulatory

Identifiers

PMID41248967
PMCPMC12625831

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