2023
Type 2 Dendritic Cells Orchestrate a Local Immune Circuit to Confer Antimetastatic Immunity
Weizman O, Luyten S, Krykbaeva I, Song E, Mao T, Bosenberg M, Iwasaki A. Type 2 Dendritic Cells Orchestrate a Local Immune Circuit to Confer Antimetastatic Immunity. The Journal Of Immunology 2023, 210: 1146-1155. PMID: 36881866, PMCID: PMC10067787, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2200697.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCytokinesDendritic CellsImmunity, InnateKiller Cells, NaturalMiceSignal TransductionConceptsType 2 dendritic cellsMetastatic burdenImmune circuitsDendritic cellsConventional type 2 dendritic cellsSyngeneic murine melanomaNK cell compartmentImmune cell responsesColon cancer modelEarly metastatic seedingMetastatic controlTranscription factor IRF3DC populationsNK cellsProinflammatory cytokinesNucleic acid sensingPrimary tumorEffector responsesMetastatic spreadDisease outcomeIntracardiac injectionT cellsInitial immunityTissue-specific ablationCancer model
2020
IL-18BP is a secreted immune checkpoint and barrier to IL-18 immunotherapy
Zhou T, Damsky W, Weizman OE, McGeary MK, Hartmann KP, Rosen CE, Fischer S, Jackson R, Flavell RA, Wang J, Sanmamed MF, Bosenberg MW, Ring AM. IL-18BP is a secreted immune checkpoint and barrier to IL-18 immunotherapy. Nature 2020, 583: 609-614. PMID: 32581358, PMCID: PMC7381364, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2422-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alphaHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansImmunotherapyIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsInterleukin-18Kaplan-Meier EstimateKiller Cells, NaturalLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMaleMiceNeoplasmsReceptors, Interleukin-18Stem CellsTumor MicroenvironmentConceptsIL-18IL-18BPT cellsAnti-PD-1 resistant tumorsWild-type IL-18Potent anti-tumor effectsMajor histocompatibility complex class IIL-18 pathwayIL-18 therapyInterleukin-18 pathwayMajor therapeutic barrierStem-like TCF1Anti-tumor immunityTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesNatural killer cellsRecombinant IL-18Histocompatibility complex class IAnti-tumor effectsComplex class IAnti-tumor activityMouse tumor modelsModern immunotherapyPrecursor CD8Effector CD8Exhausted CD8