Midkine activation of CD8+ T cells establishes a neuron–immune–cancer axis responsible for low-grade glioma growth

The role of neurons and T cells in glioma progression remains poorly understood. Here the authors show that midkine-dependent activation of a neuron-T cell-microglia axis promotes the growth of optic pathway gliomas.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xiaofan Guo, Yuan Pan, Min Xiong, Shilpa Sanapala, Corina Anastasaki, Olivia Cobb, Sonika Dahiya, David H. Gutmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15770-3