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ArticleAmerican journal of cancer research2018

Co-inhibition of TIGIT, PD1, and Tim3 reverses dysfunction of Wilms tumor protein-1 (WT1)-specific CD8+ T lymphocytes after dendritic cell vaccination in gastric cancer.

Xu Lu, Jingwei Liu, Peilin Cui, Tao Liu, Chunmei Piao, Xianghong Xu, Qike Zhang, Man Xiao, Xuesong Liu, Yue Wang and 1 more

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Article in American journal of cancer research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Xu LuDepartment of Oncology, Beijing Biohealthcare Biotechnology Co., Ltd China.
Jingwei LiuDepartment of Oncology, Beijing Biohealthcare Biotechnology Co., Ltd China.
Peilin CuiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University China.
Tao LiuKey Laboratory of Digestive System Tumors, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University China.
Chunmei PiaoDepartment of Oncology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital Affiliated to The Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases China.
Xianghong XuDepartment of Biotherapy Center, Gansu Provincial Hospital China.
Qike ZhangDepartment of Hemotology, Gansu Provincial Hospital China.
Man XiaoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hainan Medical College China.
Xuesong LiuDepartment of Oncology, Beijing Biohealthcare Biotechnology Co., Ltd China.
Yue WangDepartment of Oncology, Beijing Biohealthcare Biotechnology Co., Ltd China.
Lin YangDepartment of Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing, China.
Beijing Biocytogen (China) · CNGansu Provincial Hospital · CNBeijing Anzhen Hospital · CNBeijing Tian Tan Hospital · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNHainan Medical College Hospital · CNLanzhou University Second Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic cell (DC) vaccines have been shown to stimulate tumor antigen-specific CD8+ T cells; however, this strategy has demonstrated variable clinical efficacy likely due to immune escape mechanisms that can induce tumor-specific CD8+ T cell dysfunction. Herein, we evaluated the functional characteristics of DC vaccine-induced CD8+ T cells with regard to immune checkpoint inhibitors in gastric cancer patients who were administered Wilms tumor protein-1 (WT1)-targeted DC vaccine. We observed the upregulation of the inhibitory molecule, TIGIT and the inhibitory T cell co-receptors PD1 and Tim3 in limiting WT1-specific CD8+ T cell growth and function in GC patients. TIGIT-expressing PD1+Tim3- CD8+ T cells were the largest subset, while TIGIT+PD1+Tim3+ was the most dysfunctional subset of WT1-specific CD8+ T cells in gastric cancer patients. Importantly, the co-inhibition of TIGIT, PD1, and Tim3 pathways enhanced the growth, proliferation, and cytokine production of WT1-specific CD8+ T cells. In conclusion, our data suggests that targeting TIGIT, PD1, and Tim3 pathways may be important in reversing immune escape in patients with advanced gastric cancer.

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DC vaccinationgastric cancerPD1TIGITTim3Wilms tumor antigen

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PMID30210924
PMCPMC6129483
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