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ReviewMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2000

Alleviating oxidative stress in cancer immunotherapy: a role for histamine?

K Hellstrand, M Brune, C Dahlgren, M Hansson, S Hermodsson, P Lindnér, U H Mellqvist, P Naredi

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Review in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

K HellstrandDepartment of Virology, University of Göteborg, Sweden. kristoffer.hellstrand@microbio.gu.se
M Brune
C Dahlgren
M Hansson
S Hermodsson
P Lindnér
U H Mellqvist
P Naredi
University of Gothenburg · SEUmeå University · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin-2 is a remarkable activator of lymphocytes with anti-neoplastic properties such as T-cells or natural killer cells, but tumor regression only rarely occurs in interleukin-2-treated cancer patients. In this review, we focus on interactions between monocytes/macrophages and T-cells/natural killer-cells, and in particular the role of such interactions for the outcome of cancer immunotherapy with interleukin-2. We propose that interleukin-2 therapy should be supplemented with compounds that alleviate toxicity inflicted by monocyte/macrophage-derived reactive oxygen metabolites within and around tumors. The hypothesis is founded on data demonstrating that (i) functions of intratumoral lymphocytes in many human malignant tumors are inhibited by reactive oxygen metabolites, generated by neighboring monocytes/macrophages, (ii) interleukin-2 only weakly activates T-cells or natural killer cells in an environment of oxidative stress, and (iii) inhibitors of the formation of reactive oxygen metabolites or scavengers of reactive oxygen metabolites synergize with interleukin-2 to activate these lymphocyte subsets. We also review the preclinical background to the use of histamine dihydrochloride, an inhibitor of reactive oxygen metabolite formation in monocytes/macrophages, as a supplement to cancer immunotherapy with interleukin-2.

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ImmunotherapyOxidative StressCell CommunicationDrug Therapy, CombinationHistamineHumansInterleukin-2Killer Cells, NaturalLymphocyte SubsetsMacrophagesMonocytesNeoplasmsReactive Oxygen SpeciesT-LymphocytesHistamineInterleukin-2Reactive Oxygen Species

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PMID11114704
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