Intratumoral CD40 activation and checkpoint blockade induces T cell-mediated eradication of melanoma in the brain

oleh: Manisha Singh, Christina Vianden, Mark J. Cantwell, Zhimin Dai, Zhilan Xiao, Meenu Sharma, Hiep Khong, Ashvin R. Jaiswal, Faisal Faak, Yared Hailemichael, L. M. E. Janssen, Uddalak Bharadwaj, Michael A. Curran, Adi Diab, Roland L. Bassett, David J. Tweardy, Patrick Hwu, Willem W. Overwijk

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-11-01

Deskripsi

Treatment options for metastatic melanoma are limited. Here the authors show that combining an immunostimulant adenovirus, currently in clinical trials for leukemia, with immune checkpoints blockade (ICB) results in systemic eradication of ICB resistant melanoma tumours from both skin and brain of mice.