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ReviewMolecular medicine reports2025

Influence of lactate in resistance to anti‑PD‑1/PD‑L1 therapy: Mechanisms and clinical applications (Review).

Yi Zeng, Yu Huang, Qiaoyun Tan, Ling Peng, Jian Wang, Fan Tong, Xiaorong Dong

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Review in Molecular medicine reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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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

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

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

7 authors.

Yi Zeng *Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.
Yu Huang *Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.
Qiaoyun TanCancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.
Ling PengCancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.
Jian WangCancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.
Fan TongCancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.
Xiaorong DongCancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic reprogramming is a prominent characteristic of tumor cells, evidenced by heightened secretion of lactate, which is linked to tumor progression. Furthermore, the accumulation of lactate in the tumor microenvironment (TME) influences immune cell activity, including the activity of macrophages, dendritic cells and T cells, fostering an immunosuppressive milieu. Anti‑programmed cell death protein 1 (PD‑1)/programmed death‑ligand 1 (PD‑L1) therapy is associated with a prolonged survival time of patients with non‑small cell lung cancer. However, some patients still develop resistance to anti‑PD‑1/PD‑L1 therapy. Lactate is associated with resistance to anti‑PD‑1/PD‑L1 therapy. The present review summarizes what is known about lactate metabolism in tumor cells and how it affects immune cell function. In addition, the present review emphasizes the relationship between lactate secretion and immunotherapy resistance. The present review also explores the potential for targeting lactate within the TME to enhance the efficacy of immunotherapy.

Indexed as

B7-H1 AntigenDrug Resistance, NeoplasmLactic AcidTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyNeoplasmsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorB7-H1 AntigenCD274 protein, humanImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsLactic AcidPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptorcancer immunityimmunotherapylactateprogrammed cell death protein 1programmed death‑ligand 1tumor environment

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PMID39670310
PMCPMC11650113

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