ArticleCancer immunology research2014
STING contributes to antiglioma immunity via triggering type I IFN signals in the tumor microenvironment.
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- cGAS-STING agonists in preclinical glioblastoma animal models: a systematic review of tumor microenvironment modulation and survival outcomes.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2026Pooled it
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- Targeting NAT10 Activates Tumor-Intrinsic Immunity and Suppresses Tumor Progression in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- DNA Repair, Epigenetic Dysregulation, and Cytokine Network Crosstalk in Head and Neck Cancer: Emerging Therapeutic Opportunities and Clinical Trials.Current oncology reports · 2026Review
- Tailoring Vascular-Immune Homeostasis via Manganese-DNA Complex-Armed Immunogenic Extracellular Vesicles for Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- T Cell Exhaustion in Cancer Immunotherapy: Heterogeneity, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Opportunities.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Nano-Enabled Systemic Delivery of STING Agonist by Engineered Silicasome for Potent Antitumor Immunotherapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
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- Antitumor effects of STING agonists on nervous system tumors via tumor-intrinsic STING-STAT1-mediated HMGN2 expression.Cancer biology & medicine · 2026Article
- TBKBP1 induces capecitabine resistance through negative regulation of type I interferon pathway in triple-negative breast cancer.Oncogene · 2026Article
- Stenotrophomonas promotes gastrointestinal tumor progression via STING degradation in tumour cells and mitigated immune response.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Spreading depolarization activates the cGAS-STING pathway and drives cranial nociception: therapeutic potential of STING modulation.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Article
- Different Expressions and Methylation Patterns of cGAS and STING in Cervical Cancer.Obstetrics and gynecology international · 2026Article
- STING signaling pathway: An oasis in the glioblastoma immune desert.Theranostics · 2026Review
- The cGAS-STING pathway in cancer immunotherapy: prognostic value and therapeutic potential.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- STING agonism in brain tumours: mechanisms, challenges, and therapeutic advances.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- cGAS-agonistic spherical nucleic acids reprogram the glioblastoma immune microenvironment and promote antitumor immunity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Breaking barriers: The cGAS-STING pathway as a novel frontier in cancer immunotherapy.Cancer communications (London, England) · 2025Review
- Innate Immune Signaling in Gliomas: Regulatory Mechanisms and Targeting Potential in Tumor Progression.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Although type I IFNs play critical roles in antiviral and antitumor activity, it remains to be elucidated how type I IFNs are produced in sterile conditions of the tumor microenvironment and directly affect tumor-infiltrating immune cells. Mouse de novo gliomas show increased expression of type I IFN messages, and in mice, CD11b(+) brain-infiltrating leukocytes (BIL) are the main source of type I IFNs that are induced partially in a STING (stimulator of IFN genes)-dependent manner. Consequently, glioma-bearing Sting(Gt) (/Gt) mice showed shorter survival and lower expression levels of Ifns compared with wild-type mice. Furthermore, BILs of Sting(Gt) (/Gt) mice showed increased CD11b(+) Gr-1(+) immature myeloid suppressor and CD25(+) Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (Treg) and decreased IFNγ-producing CD8(+) T cells. CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells that received direct type I IFN signals showed lesser degrees of regulatory activity and increased levels of antitumor activity, respectively. Finally, intratumoral administration of a STING agonist (cyclic diguanylate monophosphate; c-di-GMP) improved the survival of glioma-bearing mice associated with enhanced type I IFN signaling, Cxcl10 and Ccl5, and T-cell migration into the brain. In combination with subcutaneous OVA peptide vaccination, c-di-GMP increased OVA-specific cytotoxicity of BILs and prolonged their survival. These data demonstrate significant contributions of STING to antitumor immunity via enhancement of type I IFN signaling in the tumor microenvironment and suggest a potential use of STING agonists for the development of effective immunotherapy, such as the combination with antigen-specific vaccinations.
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