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5‐Fluorouracil efficacy requires anti‐tumor immunity triggered by cancer‐cell‐intrinsic STING
Tian J, Zhang D, Kurbatov V, Wang Q, Wang Y, Fang D, Wu L, Bosenberg M, Muzumdar MD, Khan S, Lu Q, Yan Q, Lu J. 5‐Fluorouracil efficacy requires anti‐tumor immunity triggered by cancer‐cell‐intrinsic STING. The EMBO Journal 2021, 40: embj2020106065. PMID: 33615517, PMCID: PMC8013832, DOI: 10.15252/embj.2020106065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnti-tumor immunityTumor burdenSubsequent type I interferon productionHigh STING expressionIntratumoral T cellsT-cell depletionType I interferon productionI interferon productionLoss of STINGImmunocompetent hostsColorectal specimensT cellsSTING expressionBetter survivalHigh doseTherapeutic effectivenessHuman colorectal specimensMelanoma tumorsInterferon productionChemotherapeutic drugsMurine colonImmunityEfficacyStingsColon
2017
The microRNA miR-31 inhibits CD8+ T cell function in chronic viral infection
Moffett HF, Cartwright ANR, Kim HJ, Godec J, Pyrdol J, Äijö T, Martinez GJ, Rao A, Lu J, Golub TR, Cantor H, Sharpe AH, Novina CD, Wucherpfennig KW. The microRNA miR-31 inhibits CD8+ T cell function in chronic viral infection. Nature Immunology 2017, 18: 791-799. PMID: 28530712, PMCID: PMC5753758, DOI: 10.1038/ni.3755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodies, ViralArenaviridae InfectionsCalciumCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesChromatin ImmunoprecipitationCytokinesDendritic CellsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFlow CytometryGene Expression ProfilingImmunoblottingInterferon Type ILymphocytic choriomeningitis virusMiceMice, KnockoutMicroRNAsNFATC Transcription FactorsReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell