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ArticlePloS one2014

Assessing the role of STAT3 in DC differentiation and autologous DC immunotherapy in mouse models of GBM.

Hikmat Assi, Jaclyn Espinosa, Sarah Suprise, Michael Sofroniew, Robert Doherty, Daniel Zamler, Pedro R Lowenstein, Maria G Castro

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Roles of STAT3 in the pathogenesis and treatment of glioblastoma.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hikmat AssiDepartments of Neurosurgery and Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America; Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
Jaclyn EspinosaDepartments of Neurosurgery and Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.
Sarah SupriseDepartments of Neurosurgery and Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.
Michael SofroniewDepartment of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
Robert DohertyDepartments of Neurosurgery and Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.
Daniel ZamlerDepartments of Neurosurgery and Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.
Pedro R LowensteinDepartments of Neurosurgery and Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.
Maria G CastroDepartments of Neurosurgery and Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USMichigan United · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MCHR)UL1TR000433 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MASHOUR, GEORGE ALEXANDER · 2012 to 2016
$49.9M
MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007863 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI COLLINS, KATHLEEN L. · 1985 to 2024
$38.3M
TRAINING IN CLINICAL AND BASIC NEUROSCIENCET32NS007222 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Henry L Paulson · 1985 to 2026
$8.0M
Training Program in Tumor MicroenvironmentT32CA009676 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Maria G Castro, Analisa Virginia DiFeo · 1992 to 2026
$7.3M
Gutless Adenovirus Mediated Gene Therapy for GliomaU01NS052465 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CASTRO, MARIA G · 2007 to 2011
$3.1M
Engineering the Brain Immune System for Tumor TherapyR01NS057711 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CASTRO, MARIA G · 2009 to 2013
$2.0M
Crosstalk between glioma cells & immune cells in the tumor microenvironment: TherR01NS074387 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CASTRO, MARIA G · 2011 to 2015
$1.9M
Brain immune responses:Cellular & Molecular MechanismsR01NS061107 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LOWENSTEIN, PEDRO R. · 2008 to 2012
$1.7M
Mechanisms of glioma growth and invasion novel therapeutic strategiesR01NS082311 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LOWENSTEIN, PEDRO R. · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
Gene Therapy and the Brain: Neuroimmune InteractionsR01NS054193 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LOWENSTEIN, PEDRO R. · 2007 to 2011
$1.6M
Inhibiting glioma invasion using targeted nanoparticlesR21NS084275 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LOWENSTEIN, PEDRO R. · 2013 to 2014
$420k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular microenvironments, particularly those found in tumors, elicit a tolerogenic DC phenotype which can attenuate immune responses. Central to this process is the STAT3-mediated signaling cascade. As a transcription factor and oncogene, STAT3 promotes the expression of genes which allow tumor cells to proliferate, migrate and evade apoptosis. More importantly, activation of STAT3 in tumor infiltrating immune cells has been shown to be responsible, in part, for their immune-suppressed phenotype. The ability of STAT3 to orchestrate a diverse set of immunosuppressive instructions has made it an attractive target for cancer vaccines. Using a conditional hematopoietic knockout mouse model of STAT3, we evaluated the impact of STAT3 gene ablation on the differentiation of dendritic cells from bone marrow precursors. We also assessed the impact of STAT3 deletion on phagocytosis, maturation, cytokine secretion and antigen presentation by GM-CSF derived DCs in vitro. In addition to in vitro studies, we compared the therapeutic efficacy of DC vaccination using STAT3 deficient DCs to wild type counterparts in an intracranial mouse model of GBM. Our results indicated the following pleiotropic functions of STAT3: hematopoietic cells which lacked STAT3 were unresponsive to Flt3L and failed to differentiate as DCs. In contrast, STAT3 was not required for GM-CSF induced DC differentiation as both wild type and STAT3 null bone marrow cells gave rise to similar number of DCs. STAT3 also appeared to regulate the response of GM-CSF derived DCs to CpG. STAT3 null DCs expressed high levels of MHC-II, secreted more IL-12p70, IL-10, and TNFα were better antigen presenters in vitro. Although STAT3 deficient DCs displayed an enhanced activated phenotype in culture, they elicited comparable therapeutic efficacy in vivo compared to their wild type counterparts when utilized in vaccination paradigms in mice bearing intracranial glioma tumors.

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AnimalsCell DifferentiationDendritic CellsGlioblastomaGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorImmunotherapyMiceMice, KnockoutPhagocytosisSTAT3 Transcription FactorGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorSTAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription Factor

Identifiers

PMID24806510
PMCPMC4013007
OpenAlexW2064427517

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