Escherichia coli adhesion portion FimH functions as an adjuvant for cancer immunotherapy

TLR4 agonists have been proposed as immunotherapeutics in cancer. Here, the authors show the TLR4-dependent adjuvant effect of FimH, an E. coli adhesin, in promoting dendritic cell mediated-T cell activation and response to immune checkpoint blockade in preclinical cancer models.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wei Zhang, Li Xu, Hae-Bin Park, Juyoung Hwang, Minseok Kwak, Peter C. W. Lee, Guang Liang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jianqing Xu, Jun-O Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15030-4