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ArticleJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2010

Blockade of programmed death ligand 1 enhances the therapeutic efficacy of combination immunotherapy against melanoma.

Shari Pilon-Thomas, Amy Mackay, Nasreen Vohra, James J Mulé

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Article in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04815720 (A Phase 1b/2 Study of the Combination of Pepinemab and Pembrolizumab in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck), which is not on this map. Cited by 93 papers.

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93citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04815720 phase1 / phase2completednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

A Phase 1b/2 Study of the Combination of Pepinemab and Pembrolizumab in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

TypeinterventionalSponsorVaccinex Inc.Ran2021 to 2024Enrolled49ConditionsRecurrent/Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (HNSCC)Armspepinemab + pembrolizumab
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

93 citing papers in PubMed, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Proautoimmune Allele of Tyrosine Phosphatase, PTPN22, Enhances Tumor Immunity.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2021
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33 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shari Pilon-ThomasDepartment of Translational Science, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Amy Mackay
Nasreen Vohra
James J Mulé
Moffitt Cancer Center · USUniversity of South Florida · US

Funding

Anti-melanoma Activity of Combined Lymphopenia and ImmunotherapyK99CA128825 · NCI · H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST · PI PILON-THOMAS, SHARI · 2008 to 2009
$213k
NCI NIH HHS K99 CA128825NCI NIH HHS K99CA128825-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibition of antitumor T cell responses can be mediated by the productive interaction between the programmed death-1 (PD-1) receptor on T cells and its ligand PD-L1. PD-L1 is highly expressed on both murine bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (DCs) and B16 melanoma. In this study, in vitro blockade of PD-L1 interaction on DCs led to enhanced IFN-gamma production and cytotoxicity by Ag-specific T cells. In vivo, the systemic administration of anti-PD-L1 Ab plus melanoma peptide-pulsed DCs resulted in a higher number of melanoma peptide-specific CD8(+) T cells, but this combination was insufficient to delay the growth of established B16 melanoma. Although the addition of 600 rad of total body irradiation delayed tumor growth, further adoptive transfer of Ag-specific CD8(+) T cells was needed to achieve tumor regression and long-term survival of the treated mice. Lymphopenic mice treated with anti-PD-L1 Ab demonstrated increased activation and persistence of adoptively transferred T cells, including a higher number of CD8(+) T cells infiltrating the tumor mass. Together, these studies support the blocking of PD-L1 signaling as a means to enhance combined immunotherapy approaches against melanoma.

Indexed as

Adoptive TransferAnimalsAntibodiesAntigens, NeoplasmB7-1 AntigenB7-H1 AntigenCancer VaccinesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell SeparationCombined Modality TherapyCytotoxicity, ImmunologicDendritic CellsFlow CytometryImmunotherapyLymphocyte ActivationMelanoma, ExperimentalAntibodiesAntigens, NeoplasmB7-1 AntigenB7-H1 AntigenCancer VaccinesCd274 protein, mouseMembrane GlycoproteinsPeptides

Identifiers

PMID20194714
PMCPMC2913584
OpenAlexW1512834386

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