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ReviewGenes2023

The Interplay between T Cells and Cancer: The Basis of Immunotherapy.

Christina Chen, Xin Liu, Che-Yu Chang, Helen Y Wang, Rong-Fu Wang

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Review in Genes, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. GPCR Biased Signaling in Cancer.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2026
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  7. Peripheral SNCADiscover oncology · 2025
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  18. Research Progress on the Anti-Cancer Effects ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christina ChenDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Xin LiuDepartment of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7949-1436
Che-Yu ChangDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Helen Y WangDepartment of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Rong-Fu WangDepartment of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
University of Southern California · US

Funding

Transport Oncophysics CoreU54CA210181 · NCI · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI SHEN, HAIFA · 2016 to 2020
$9.3M
Novel Strategies for Intervention of Inflammatory Diseases and Cancer - Research Supplement to R01-CA101795R01CA101795 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI WANG, RONGFU · 2004 to 2022
$4.6M
CD4+ T cells and neoantigens in melanoma immunotherapy.R01CA246547 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI WANG, RONGFU · 2021 to 2025
$3.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA101795NCI NIH HHS R01CA101795NCI NIH HHS R01 CA246547NCI NIH HHS R01CA246547NCI NIH HHS U54 CA210181NIH HHS U54CA210181
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past decade, immunotherapy has emerged as one of the most promising approaches to cancer treatment. The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors has resulted in impressive and durable clinical responses in the treatment of various cancers. Additionally, immunotherapy utilizing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-engineered T cells has produced robust responses in blood cancers, and T cell receptor (TCR)-engineered T cells are showing promising results in the treatment of solid cancers. Despite these noteworthy advancements in cancer immunotherapy, numerous challenges remain. Some patient populations are unresponsive to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, and CAR T cell therapy has yet to show efficacy against solid cancers. In this review, we first discuss the significant role that T cells play in the body's defense against cancer. We then delve into the mechanisms behind the current challenges facing immunotherapy, starting with T cell exhaustion due to immune checkpoint upregulation and changes in the transcriptional and epigenetic landscapes of dysfunctional T cells. We then discuss cancer-cell-intrinsic characteristics, including molecular alterations in cancer cells and the immunosuppressive nature of the tumor microenvironment (TME), which collectively facilitate tumor cell proliferation, survival, metastasis, and immune evasion. Finally, we examine recent advancements in cancer immunotherapy, with a specific emphasis on T-cell-based treatments.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsT-LymphocytesHumansImmunotherapyImmunotherapy, AdoptiveTumor MicroenvironmentalterationsantibodycancerCAR T/TCR T/TILcell therapyCRISPRsignalingT cellsvaccine

Identifiers

PMID37239368
PMCPMC10218245
OpenAlexW4367626703

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