Targeting myeloid-inflamed tumor with anti-CSF-1R antibody expands CD137+ effector T-cells in the murine model of pancreatic cancer

Abstract Background The pancreatic cancer vaccine, GVAX, induces novel lymphoid aggregates in the otherwise immune quiescent pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). GVAX also upregulates the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway, and a pre-clinical model demonstrated the anti-tumor effects of combination GVAX and ant...

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Main Authors: May Tun Saung, Stephen Muth, Ding Ding, Dwayne L. Thomas, Alex B. Blair, Takahiro Tsujikawa, Lisa Coussens, Elizabeth M. Jaffee, Lei Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2018-11-01
Series:Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40425-018-0435-6