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ReviewCancers2025

The Dual Effects of CDK4/6 Inhibitors on Tumor Immunity.

Yiran Si, Hongli Li, Yehui Shi

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Review in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yiran SiDepartment of Phase I Clinical Trial, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunology and Biotherapy, Tianjin 300060, China.
Hongli LiDepartment of Phase I Clinical Trial, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunology and Biotherapy, Tianjin 300060, China.
Yehui ShiDepartment of Breast Oncology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunology and Biotherapy, Tianjin 300060, China.

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of China No.82202971Tianjin Key Medical Discipline (Specialty) Construction Project TJYXZDXK-009A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CDK4/6 inhibitors exert effective anti-tumor effects by blocking the cell cycle and, as a result, have become vital in the systemic treatment of malignant tumors. Previous research has indicated that CDK4/6 inhibitors not only exert effects on the cell cycle but also have regulatory roles in tumor immunity, although the research findings are controversial. This study comprehensively summarizes the molecular mechanisms by which CDK4/6 inhibitors activate or suppress anti-tumor immunity and reveals the dual effects of CDK4/6 inhibitors on influencing interferon signaling, mediating senescence, and altering certain immune cells. In addition, the results of clinical trials of CDK4/6 inhibitors combined with immunotherapy are thought-provoking, with the severe adverse events that occur after treatment being the main factor affecting their therapeutic effect. Therefore, the future direction of this combined treatment strategy deserves further exploration.

Indexed as

CDK4/6 inhibitorsdual effectsimmune microenvironmentimmunotherapytumor immunity

Identifiers

PMID41463246
PMCPMC12730504

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