A fluorogenic probe for granzyme B enables in-biopsy evaluation and screening of response to anticancer immunotherapies

oleh: Jamie I. Scott, Lorena Mendive-Tapia, Doireann Gordon, Nicole D. Barth, Emily J. Thompson, Zhiming Cheng, David Taggart, Takanori Kitamura, Alberto Bravo-Blas, Edward W. Roberts, Jordi Juarez-Jimenez, Julien Michel, Berber Piet, I. Jolanda de Vries, Martijn Verdoes, John Dawson, Neil O. Carragher, Richard A. O’ Connor, Ahsan R. Akram, Margaret Frame, Alan Serrels, Marc Vendrell

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01

Deskripsi

Granzyme B is found in activated T cells and can be used as a marker of T cell activation. Here, the authors generate a fluorescent probe that can detect Granzyme B levels in tumours, and has the potential to be used as a biomarker of response to immunotherapy.