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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Programmed Death-Ligand 1 as a Regulator of Tumor Progression and Metastasis.

Ioannis A Vathiotis, Georgia Gomatou, Dimitrios J Stravopodis, Nikolaos Syrigos

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. American journal of cancer research · 2024
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  12. Exosomes-mediated tumor treatment: One body plays multiple roles.Asian journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Ioannis A VathiotisDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1772-5986
Georgia GomatouDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios J StravopodisDepartment of Biology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9535-2134
Nikolaos SyrigosDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) immune checkpoint has long been implicated in modeling antitumor immunity; PD-1/PD-L1 axis inhibitors exert their antitumor effects by relieving PD-L1-mediated suppression on tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes. However, recent studies have unveiled a distinct, tumor-intrinsic, potential role for PD-L1. In this review, we focus on tumor-intrinsic PD-L1 signaling and delve into preclinical evidence linking PD-L1 protein expression with features of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition program, cancer stemness and known oncogenic pathways. We further summarize data from studies supporting the prognostic significance of PD-L1 in different tumor types. We show that PD-L1 may indeed have oncogenic potential and act as a regulator of tumor progression and metastasis.

Indexed as

AnimalsB7-H1 AntigenDisease ProgressionEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionHumansNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsPrognosisSignal TransductionB7-H1 AntigencancermetastasisPD-1PD-L1progression

Identifiers

PMID34065396
PMCPMC8160779
OpenAlexW3160053409

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