Blocking the GITR-GITRL pathway to overcome resistance to therapy in sarcomatoid malignant pleural mesothelioma

Chan et al find that the GITR-GITRL pathway is an important mechanism of autocrine proliferation in sarcomatoid mesothelioma that could explain their resistance to therapy. Blocking the GITR-GITRL pathway could therefore be a new therapeutic target for non-epithelioid mesothelioma.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Meilin Chan, Licun Wu, Zhihong Yun, Trevor D. McKee, Michael Cabanero, Yidan Zhao, Mikihiro Kohno, Junichi Murakami, Marc de Perrot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02430-5