Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18573907›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2008

Immunogenicity of premalignant lesions is the primary cause of general cytotoxic T lymphocyte unresponsiveness.

Gerald Willimsky, Melinda Czéh, Christoph Loddenkemper, Johanna Gellermann, Karin Schmidt, Peter Wust, Harald Stein, Thomas Blankenstein

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Gerald WillimskyInstitute of Immunology, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, 12200 Berlin, Germany.
Melinda Czéh
Christoph Loddenkemper
Johanna Gellermann
Karin Schmidt
Peter Wust
Harald Stein
Thomas Blankenstein
Institute of Immunology · HRCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DENational Institute of Pathology · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is sporadic in nature, characterized by an initial clonal oncogenic event and usually a long latency. When and how it subverts the immune system is unknown. We show, in a model of sporadic immunogenic cancer, that tumor-specific tolerance closely coincides with the first tumor antigen recognition by B cells. During the subsequent latency period until tumors progress, the mice acquire general cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) unresponsiveness, which is associated with high transforming growth factor (TGF) beta1 levels and expansion of immature myeloid cells (iMCs). In mice with large nonimmunogenic tumors, iMCs expand but TGF-beta1 serum levels are normal, and unrelated CTL responses are undiminished. We conclude that (a) tolerance to the tumor antigen occurs at the premalignant stage, (b) tumor latency is unlikely caused by CTL control, and (c) a persistent immunogenic tumor antigen causes general CTL unresponsiveness but tumor burden and iMCs per se do not.

Indexed as

Immune ToleranceAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmB-LymphocytesMiceMice, KnockoutNeoplasmsT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicTransforming Growth Factor beta1Antigens, NeoplasmTransforming Growth Factor beta1

Identifiers

PMID18573907
PMCPMC2442645
OpenAlexW2109472720

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