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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2019

Type I IFN blockade uncouples immunotherapy-induced antitumor immunity and autoimmune toxicity.

Scott R Walsh, Donald Bastin, Lan Chen, Andrew Nguyen, Christopher J Storbeck, Charles Lefebvre, David Stojdl, Jonathan L Bramson, John C Bell, Yonghong Wan

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pre-Encoded IFN-I Sensitivity Exacerbates Memory T Cell Senescence in Solid Tumors.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  9. Type I interferon-mediated tumor immunity and its role in immunotherapy.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2022
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  10. Role of Hypoxia in the Interferon Response.Frontiers in immunology · 2022
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  20. Oncolytic Viruses: Priming Time for Cancer Immunotherapy.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Scott R WalshMcMaster Immunology Research Centre, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Donald BastinMcMaster Immunology Research Centre, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Lan ChenMcMaster Immunology Research Centre, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Andrew NguyenMcMaster Immunology Research Centre, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Christopher J StorbeckCentre for Innovative Cancer Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Charles LefebvreChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
David StojdlDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Jonathan L BramsonMcMaster Immunology Research Centre, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
John C BellCentre for Innovative Cancer Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Yonghong WanMcMaster Immunology Research Centre, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
McMaster University Medical Centre · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CAChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario · CA

Funding

CIHR FRN 123516CIHR FRN 152954
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite its success in treating melanoma and hematological malignancies, adoptive cell therapy (ACT) has had only limited effects in solid tumors. This is due in part to a lack of specific antigen targets, poor trafficking and infiltration, and immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment. In this study, we combined ACT with oncolytic virus vaccines (OVVs) to drive expansion and tumor infiltration of transferred antigen-specific T cells and demonstrated that the combination is highly potent for the eradication of established solid tumors. Consistent with other successful immunotherapies, this approach elicited severe autoimmune consequences when the antigen targeted was a self-protein. However, modulation of IFN-α/-β signaling, either by functional blockade or rational selection of an OVV backbone, ameliorated autoimmune side effects without compromising antitumor efficacy. Our study uncovers a pathogenic role for IFN-α/-β in facilitating autoimmune toxicity during cancer immunotherapy and presents a safe and powerful combinatorial regimen with immediate translational applications.

Indexed as

Adoptive TransferInterferon-alphaInterferon-betaMelanoma, ExperimentalOncolytic VirotherapySignal TransductionAnimalsCell Line, TumorMiceMice, KnockoutT-LymphocytesInterferon-alphaInterferon-betaAutoimmunityCancer immunotherapyVaccines

Identifiers

PMID30422820
PMCPMC6355222
OpenAlexW2901208879

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