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ArticleCancer cell2015

Synergistic innate and adaptive immune response to combination immunotherapy with anti-tumor antigen antibodies and extended serum half-life IL-2.

Eric F Zhu, Shuning A Gai, Cary F Opel, Byron H Kwan, Rishi Surana, Martin C Mihm, Monique J Kauke, Kelly D Moynihan, Alessandro Angelini, Robert T Williams and 7 more

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Article in Cancer cell, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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116citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

116 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 179 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Eric F ZhuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Shuning A GaiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Cary F OpelDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Byron H KwanDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Rishi SuranaLombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Martin C MihmDepartment of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02214, USA.
Monique J KaukeDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Kelly D MoynihanDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Alessandro AngeliniKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Robert T WilliamsDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Matthias T StephanDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Jacob S KimKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Michael B YaffeDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Darrell J IrvineDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Boston, MA 02129, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.
Louis M WeinerLombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Glenn DranoffDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
K Dane WittrupDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: wittrup@mit.edu.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USGeorgetown University Medical Center · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USHarvard University · US

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI MATTHEW G. VANDER HEIDEN · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
Interdepartmental Biotechnology Training ProgramT32GM008334 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI WITTRUP, KARL DANE · 1989 to 2018
$15.2M
TRAINING GRANT IN TUMOR BIOLOGYT32CA009686 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI ANNA Tate RIEGEL, DAVID J ROBBINS · 1996 to 2026
$10.8M
TARGETED IMMUNOTHERAPY USING BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIESR01CA050633 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI WEINER, LOUIS M. · 1989 to 2018
$6.5M
Localizing Immunotherapy to Improve Therapeutic IndexR01CA174795 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI WITTRUP, KARL DANE · 2013 to 2017
$2.0M
Intramural NIH HHSNCI NIH HHS CA174795NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051NCI NIH HHS R01 CA050633NCI NIH HHS R01 CA174795NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009686NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008334
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer immunotherapies under development have generally focused on either stimulating T cell immunity or driving antibody-directed effector functions of the innate immune system such as antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). We find that a combination of an anti-tumor antigen antibody and an untargeted IL-2 fusion protein with delayed systemic clearance induces significant tumor control in aggressive isogenic tumor models via a concerted innate and adaptive response involving neutrophils, NK cells, macrophages, and CD8(+) T cells. This combination therapy induces an intratumoral "cytokine storm" and extensive lymphocyte infiltration. Adoptive transfer of anti-tumor T cells together with this combination therapy leads to robust cures of established tumors and development of immunological memory.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesDrug SynergismHalf-LifeImmunity, InnateImmunotherapyInterleukin-2Killer Cells, NaturalMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeoplasmsInterleukin-2

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PMID25873172
PMCPMC4398916
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