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ReviewTrends in molecular medicine2024

CXCR2 chemokine receptor - a master regulator in cancer and physiology.

Gwendal Lazennec, Krishna Rajarathnam, Ann Richmond

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Review in Trends in molecular medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed
16.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Gwendal LazennecCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sys2Diag-ALCEDIAG, Cap Delta, Montpellier, France; CNRS Groupement de Recherche (GDR) 3697 'Microenvironment of Tumor Niches', Micronit, France. Electronic address: gwendal.lazennec@sys2diag.cnrs.fr.
Krishna RajarathnamDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Ann RichmondDepartment of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USVanderbilt University · US

Funding

Optimizing Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy for Breast Cancer: A Role for Inhibitors of the PI3K pathwayR01CA243326 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI Ann Richmond, Chi Yan · 2022 to 2024
$1.1M
Targeting the NF-kappaB Pathway in MelanomaR01CA116021 · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · 2005 to 2005
$300k
Combining Immune Therapy with Targeted Therapies to Improve Melanoma SurvivalI01BX002301 · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · 2025 to 2025
BLRD VA I01 BX002301BLRD VA IK6 BX005225NCI NIH HHS R01 CA116021NCI NIH HHS R01 CA243326NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI160613
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent findings have modified our understanding of the roles of chemokine receptor CXCR2 and its ligands in cancer, inflammation, and immunity. Studies in Cxcr2 tissue-specific knockout mice show that this receptor is involved in, among other things, cancer, central nervous system (CNS) function, metabolism, reproduction, COVID-19, and the response to circadian cycles. Moreover, CXCR2 involvement in neutrophil function has been revisited not only in physiology but also for its major contribution to cancers. The recent unfolding of the role of CXCR2 in numerous cancers has led to extensive evaluation of multiple CXCR2 antagonists in preclinical and clinical studies. In this review we discuss the potential of targeting CXCR2 for cancer treatment.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsReceptors, Interleukin-8BAnimalsHumansInflammationMiceMice, KnockoutNeutrophilsReceptors, Interleukin-8Bcancerchemokine receptorCXCR2glycosaminoglycaninflammationneutrophil

Identifiers

PMID37872025
PMCPMC10841707
OpenAlexW4387849982

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