A pilot study of IL-2Rα blockade during lymphopenia depletes regulatory T-cells and correlates with enhanced immunity in patients with glioblastoma.

Preclinical studies in mice have demonstrated that the prophylactic depletion of immunosuppressive regulatory T-cells (T(Regs)) through targeting the high affinity interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor (IL-2Rα/CD25) can enhance anti-tumor immunotherapy. However, therapeutic approaches are complicated by the...

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Main Authors: John H Sampson, Robert J Schmittling, Gary E Archer, Kendra L Congdon, Smita K Nair, Elizabeth A Reap, Annick Desjardins, Allan H Friedman, Henry S Friedman, James E Herndon, April Coan, Roger E McLendon, David A Reardon, James J Vredenburgh, Darell D Bigner, Duane A Mitchell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3288003?pdf=render