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ReviewExperimental hematology & oncology2025

Targeting collagen to optimize cancer immunotherapy.

Yida Wang, Feng Zhang, Zhiwen Qian, Ying Jiang, Danping Wu, Lu Liu, Xin Ning, Jie Mei, Daozhen Chen, Yan Zhang

Abstract readReview
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Review in Experimental hematology & oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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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

21 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

10 authors.

Yida Wang *Department of Oncology, Wuxi Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, 214002, China.
Feng Zhang *Department of Oncology, Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Women's Hospital of Jiangnan University, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214002, China.
Zhiwen QianDepartment of Oncology, Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Women's Hospital of Jiangnan University, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214002, China.
Ying JiangDepartment of Oncology, Wuxi Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, 214002, China.
Danping WuDepartment of Oncology, Wuxi Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, 214002, China.
Lu LiuDepartment of Oncology, Wuxi Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, 214002, China.
Xin NingDepartment of Oncology, Wuxi Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, 214002, China.
Jie Mei *The First Clinical Medicine College, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. meijie1996@njmu.edu.cn.
Daozhen Chen *Department of Oncology, Wuxi Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, 214002, China. chendaozhen@163.com.
Yan Zhang *Department of Oncology, Wuxi Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, 214002, China. fuyou2007@126.com.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82472842National Natural Science Foundation of China 82473350Wuxi Double-Hundred Talent Fund Project BJ2023075
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Collagen in the tumor microenvironment plays diverse biological roles, from serving as the structural framework of tumors to influencing immune responses, angiogenesis, and tumor progression. Consequently, developing strategies to optimize the suppression of collagen's promotive effects on tumor growth while maintaining its inhibitory functions on tumor initiation has become a key focus of cancer research and therapy. A significant challenge remains in identifying a biomarker with both high sensitivity and specificity for cancer diagnosis. This review, therefore, highlights the substantial value and clinical relevance of collagen as a biomarker throughout cancer onset and progression. It explores the fundamental link between collagen and immunotherapeutic outcomes, further illustrating how targeting collagen-along with its interactions with tumors and immune cells-can offer more reliable predictive markers for personalized immunotherapy. This approach ultimately enables the development of more tailored and standardized treatment regimens for patients with cancer.

Indexed as

BiomarkerCancerClinical applicationsCollagenImmunotherapyTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID40721833
PMCPMC12306033

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