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ArticlePloS one2013

Immunologic targeting of FOXP3 in inflammatory breast cancer cells.

Smita Nair, Amy J Aldrich, Eoin McDonnell, Qing Cheng, Anshu Aggarwal, Pujan Patel, Monique M Williams, David Boczkowski, H Kim Lyerly, Michael A Morse and 1 more

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Reprogramming the Immune Landscape of Inflammatory Breast Cancer.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  7. Foxp3 expression in T regulatory cells and other cell lineages.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2014
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  8. Searching for the Achilles Heel of FOXP3.Frontiers in oncology · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Smita NairDepartment of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Amy J Aldrich
Eoin McDonnell
Qing Cheng
Anshu Aggarwal
Pujan Patel
Monique M Williams
David Boczkowski
H Kim Lyerly
Michael A Morse
Gayathri R Devi
Duke Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The forkhead transcription factor FOXP3 is necessary for induction of regulatory T lymphocytes (Tregs) and their immunosuppressive function. We have previously demonstrated that targeting Tregs by vaccination of mice with murine FOXP3 mRNA-transfected dendritic cells (DCs) elicits FOXP3-specific T cell responses and enhances tumor immunity. It is clear that FOXP3 expression is not restricted to T-cell lineage and herein, using RT-PCR, flow cytometry, and western immunoblot we demonstrate for the first time that FOXP3 is expressed in inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) cells, SUM149 (triple negative, ErbB1-activated) and SUM190 (ErbB2-overexpressing). Importantly, FOXP3-specific T cells generated in vitro using human FOXP3 RNA-transfected DCs as stimulators efficiently lyse SUM149 cells. Interestingly, an isogenic model (rSUM149) derived from SUM149 with an enhanced anti-apoptotic phenotype was resistant to FOXP3-specific T cell mediated lysis. The MHC class I cellular processing mechanism was intact in both cell lines at the protein and transcription levels suggesting that the resistance to cytolysis by rSUM149 cells was not related to MHC class I expression or to the MHC class I antigen processing machinery in these cells. Our data suggest that FOXP3 may be an effective tumor target in IBC cells however increased anti-apoptotic signaling can lead to immune evasion.

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AnimalsAntigen PresentationApoptosisCell Line, TumorCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27Cytotoxicity, ImmunologicFemaleForkhead Transcription FactorsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansInflammatory Breast NeoplasmsLymphocyte ActivationMicePhenotypeRecurrenceS-Phase Kinase-Associated ProteinsCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27Forkhead Transcription FactorsFOXP3 protein, humanHistocompatibility Antigens Class IS-Phase Kinase-Associated ProteinsXIAP protein, humanX-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein

Identifiers

PMID23341929
PMCPMC3544902
OpenAlexW1971931966

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