Synergistic immunotherapy of glioblastoma by dual targeting of IL-6 and CD40

Glioblastomas are generally resistant to treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Here the authors show that IL6 blockade, in combination with a CD40 agonist, overcomes macrophage-mediated immunosuppression and sensitizes glioblastoma to immune checkpoint blockade in preclinical models.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fan Yang, Zhenqiang He, Hao Duan, Duo Zhang, Juehui Li, Huijuan Yang, Jay F. Dorsey, Wei Zou, S. Ali Nabavizadeh, Stephen J. Bagley, Kalil Abdullah, Steven Brem, Lin Zhang, Xiaowei Xu, Katelyn T. Byrne, Robert H. Vonderheide, Yanqing Gong, Yi Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23832-3