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ReviewCancers2025

Neutrophil Dynamics in Response to Cancer Therapies.

Huazhen Xu, Xiaojun Chen, Yuqing Lu, Nihao Sun, Karis E Weisgerber, Manzhu Xu, Ren-Yuan Bai

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Review in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing 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

7 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.

Huazhen XuKennedy Krieger Institute, 707 N Broadway, Lab 520, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Xiaojun ChenKennedy Krieger Institute, 707 N Broadway, Lab 520, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-9098-1680
Yuqing LuKennedy Krieger Institute, 707 N Broadway, Lab 520, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Nihao SunDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-2177-0081
Karis E WeisgerberKennedy Krieger Institute, 707 N Broadway, Lab 520, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0760-1725
Manzhu XuKennedy Krieger Institute, 707 N Broadway, Lab 520, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Ren-Yuan BaiKennedy Krieger Institute, 707 N Broadway, Lab 520, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5281-9091

Funding

Adrenergic modulation of cellular immune functions in CAR T cell-induced cytokine release syndromeU01CA247576 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BAI, RENYUAN, STAEDTKE, VERENA · 2020 to 2024
$3.1M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA247576
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neutrophils are increasingly recognized as key players in the tumor microenvironment (TME), displaying functional plasticity that enables them to either promote or inhibit cancer progression. Depending on environmental cues, tumor-associated neutrophils (TANs) may polarize toward antitumor "N1" or protumor "N2" phenotypes, exerting diverse effects on tumor growth, metastasis, immune modulation, and treatment response. While previous studies have focused on the pathological roles of TANs in cancer, less attention has been given to how cancer therapies themselves influence the behavior of TANs. This review provides a comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge regarding the dynamics of TANs in response to major cancer treatment modalities, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, cell-based immunotherapies, and oncolytic viral and bacterial therapies. We discuss how these therapies influence TAN recruitment, polarization, and effector functions within the TME, and highlight key molecular regulators involved. By consolidating mechanistic and translational insights, this review emphasizes the potential to therapeutically reprogram TANs to enhance treatment efficacy. A deeper understanding of context-dependent TAN roles will be essential for developing more effective, neutrophil-informed cancer therapies.

Indexed as

cancer immunologycancer therapy resistancechemotherapyimmunotherapyinflammation and cancerinnate immunityN1 neutrophilsN2 neutrophilsneutrophil polarizationneutrophilsoncolytic bacterial therapyoncolytic virotherapyradiotherapytumor-associated neutrophilstumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID40805288
PMCPMC12346429

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