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Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts-Derived Exosomes as Mediators of Immunotherapy Resistance in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Julia Federspiel, Jozsef Dudas, Benedikt Gabriel Hofauer, Barbara Wollenberg, Teresa Bernadette Steinbichler

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Review in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. ADSCs-Exo ameliorates UVB-induced skin DNA damage via p62-RNF168-dependent histone ubiquitination.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Julia FederspielDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2417-4713
Jozsef DudasDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9877-3399
Benedikt Gabriel HofauerDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-3126-2877
Barbara WollenbergDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, TUM Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, 81675 München, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3062-459X
Teresa Bernadette SteinbichlerDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2666-226X

Funding

FWF Austrian Science Fund 10.55776/I3976
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tumor microenvironment (TME) orchestrates tumor growth, immune evasion, and therapeutic response in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Current immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) target the programmed death receptor-1/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) axis and improve survival in recurrent, metastatic, and locally advanced HNSCC. Tumor cells produced exosomes directly suppress cytotoxic T-lymphocytes activity by modulating immune checkpoint pathways and disrupting T-cell receptor signaling. Cancer-associated fibroblast-derived exosomes (CAF-Exos) function indirectly by conditioning immune escape and tumor growth. Together, these exosomal populations cooperate to create an immunosuppressive niche that hinders the efficacy of immunotherapies. CAF-Exos induce TME changes that exclude CD8

Indexed as

Cancer-Associated FibroblastsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmExosomesHead and Neck NeoplasmsImmunotherapySquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckAnimalsB7-H1 AntigenHumansTumor MicroenvironmentB7-H1 Antigencancer-associated fibroblastsEMTexosomesPD-L1 inhibitorstumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID41439998
PMCPMC12732283

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