STING agonism reprograms tumor-associated macrophages and overcomes resistance to PARP inhibition in BRCA1-deficient models of breast cancer
Wang Q, Bergholz JS, Ding L, Lin Z, Kabraji SK, Hughes ME, He X, Xie S, Jiang T, Wang W, Zoeller JJ, Kim HJ, Roberts TM, Konstantinopoulos PA, Matulonis UA, Dillon DA, Winer EP, Lin NU, Zhao JJ. STING agonism reprograms tumor-associated macrophages and overcomes resistance to PARP inhibition in BRCA1-deficient models of breast cancer. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 3022. PMID: 35641483, PMCID: PMC9156717, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30568-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnti-tumor immunityBreast cancerPARP inhibitorsSTING agonistsBRCA-mutant breast cancerTumor cellsAnti-tumor stateAdvanced ovarian tumorsCell-mediated suppressionType I IFN responseTumor-associated macrophagesInnate immune suppressionI IFN responseBreast tumor cellsTreatment landscapePro-tumor macrophagesImmune suppressionOvarian tumorsImmune cellsBRCA mutationsSystemic administrationT cellsMouse modelTherapeutic benefitBreast tumors