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ArticleCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2026

Hypoalbuminemia induces immunosuppression through disorder in macrophages and drives resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Fan Yang, Yaping Long, Yao Li, Yibing Bai, Yining Liu, Dingyuan Cheng, Tao Li, Yiheng Lu, Xiao Han, Yi Hu

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Article in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Fan YangMedical School of Chinese PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100071, China.
Yaping LongDepartment of Blood Transfusion, The First Medical Center of Chinese, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yao LiDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yibing BaiSenior Department of Oncology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100071, China.
Yining LiuSenior Department of Oncology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100071, China.
Dingyuan ChengSenior Department of Oncology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100071, China.
Tao LiSenior Department of Oncology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100071, China.
Yiheng LuSenior Department of Oncology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100071, China.
Xiao HanSenior Department of Oncology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100071, China. hanxiaoplagh@126.com.
Yi HuMedical School of Chinese PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100071, China. huyi301zlxb@sina.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoalbuminemia is a common clinical biomarker associated with poor outcomes in cancer patients. While it correlates with resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), the direct functional role and underlying mechanisms in driving immunotherapy resistance remain unclear. In our study, we demonstrated that hypoalbuminemia directly drives ICIs resistance by orchestrating an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) through impaired macrophage arginine metabolism. In a C57/BL model, low-protein diet-induced hypoalbuminemia mice bearing LLC tumors showed poor response to immunotherapy. Comprehensive immune profiling revealed a suppressed TME, characterized by reduced CD8

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Drug Resistance, NeoplasmHypoalbuminemiaImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMacrophagesTumor-Associated MacrophagesAnimalsArginineHumansImmune ToleranceMiceMice, Inbred C57BLTumor MicroenvironmentArginineImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsHypoalbuminemiaImmune checkpoint inhibitorImmune resistanceLung cancer

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PMID41940988
PMCPMC13053729

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