Fibroblast activation protein-targeted-4-1BB ligand agonist amplifies effector functions of intratumoral T cells in human cancer

Background The costimulatory receptor 4-1BB (CD137, TNFRSF9) plays an important role in sustaining effective T cell immune responses and is investigated as target for cancer therapy. Systemic 4-1BB directed therapies elicit toxicity or low efficacy, which significantly hampered advancement of 4-1BB-...

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Main Authors: Alfred Zippelius, Petra Herzig, Heinz Läubli, Gieri Cathomas, Christian Klein, Marta Trüb, Franziska Uhlenbrock, Christina Claus, Martin Thelen, Marina Bacac, Maria Amann, Rosemarie Albrecht, Claudia Ferrara-Koller, Daniela Thommen, Sacha Rothschield, Spasenija Savic Prince, Kirsten D Mertz, Robert Rosenberg, Viola Heinzelmann-Schwarz, Mark Wiese, Didier Lardinois, Pablo Umana, Abhishek S Kashyap
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
Online Access:https://jitc.bmj.com/content/8/2/e000238.full