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ArticleCancer immunology research2018

IAP Antagonists Enhance Cytokine Production from Mouse and Human iNKT Cells.

Eleanor Clancy-Thompson, Lestat Ali, Patrick T Bruck, Mark A Exley, Richard S Blumberg, Glenn Dranoff, Michael Dougan, Stephanie K Dougan

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Article in Cancer immunology research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eleanor Clancy-ThompsonDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Lestat AliDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Patrick T BruckDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Mark A ExleyBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Richard S BlumbergDivision of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Glenn DranoffHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Michael DouganHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Stephanie_Dougan@dfci.harvard.edu mldougan@partners.org.
Stephanie K DouganDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts. Stephanie_Dougan@dfci.harvard.edu mldougan@partners.org.
Harvard University · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · US

Funding

MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF MUCOSAL LYMPHOCYTESR01DK044319 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Richard S Blumberg · 1992 to 2026
$10.4M
Characterization of Mucosal LymphocytesR37DK044319 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BLUMBERG, RICHARD S · 2005 to 2014
$7.2M
Cancer Immunology Training GrantT32CA207021 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI WUCHERPFENNIG, KAI W · 2016 to 2020
$2.4M
Regulation of brown fat metabolism by the immune receptor PD-L1K08DK114563 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI DOUGAN, MICHAEL LAWRENCE · 2017 to 2021
$868k
Regulation of hepatic NKT cells by CDld+ liver cellsR21CA143748 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI EXLEY, MARK A · 2010 to 2011
$410k
Obesity increased cancer risk by NKT cell depletion (PQ1)R21CA170194 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI EXLEY, MARK A · 2012 to 2013
$400k
Targeting cytokines to the tumor microenivronment using a high affinity single domain antibody to PD-L1F32CA210568 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI DOUGAN, MICHAEL LAWRENCE · 2016 to 2016
$66k
NCI NIH HHS F32 CA210568NCI NIH HHS R21 CA143748NCI NIH HHS R21 CA170194NCI NIH HHS T32 CA207021NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK114563NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK044319NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK044319
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) antagonists are in clinical trials for a variety of cancers, and mouse models show synergism between IAP antagonists and anti-PD-1 immunotherapy. Although IAP antagonists affect the intrinsic signaling of tumor cells, their most pronounced effects are on immune cells and the generation of antitumor immunity. Here, we examined the effects of IAP antagonism on T-cell development using mouse fetal thymic organ culture and observed a selective loss of iNKT cells, an effector cell type of potential importance for cancer immunotherapy. Thymic iNKT-cell development probably failed due to increased strength of TCR signal leading to negative selection, given that mature iNKT cells treated with IAP antagonists were not depleted, but had enhanced cytokine production in both mouse and human

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCells, CulturedCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalHumansInhibitor of Apoptosis ProteinsLung NeoplasmsLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, KnockoutNatural Killer T-CellsNeoplasm MetastasisOrgan Culture TechniquesThymus GlandCytokinesInhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins

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PMID29187357
PMCPMC5754232
OpenAlexW2770751728

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