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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019

IL-15 is a component of the inflammatory milieu in the tumor microenvironment promoting antitumor responses.

Rosa M Santana Carrero, Figen Beceren-Braun, Sarai C Rivas, Shweta M Hegde, Achintyan Gangadharan, Devin Plote, Gabriel Pham, Scott M Anthony, Kimberly S Schluns

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers.

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86citing papers in PubMed
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86 citing papers in PubMed, 128 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rosa M Santana CarreroImmunology Graduate Program, University of Texas (UT) MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77584.ORCID 0000-0002-7568-8167
Figen Beceren-BraunDepartment of Immunology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77584.
Sarai C RivasDepartment of Immunology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77584.
Shweta M HegdeDepartment of Immunology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77584.
Achintyan GangadharanDepartment of Immunology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77584.
Devin PloteDepartment of Immunology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77584.
Gabriel PhamDepartment of Immunology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77584.
Scott M AnthonyImmunology Graduate Program, University of Texas (UT) MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77584.
Kimberly S SchlunsImmunology Graduate Program, University of Texas (UT) MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77584; kschluns@mdanderson.org.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Training Program in Cancer ImmunobiologyT32CA009598 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI ALLISON, JAMES P · 1988 to 2014
$4.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009598
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies have provided evidence that IL-15 expression within human tumors is crucial for optimal antitumor responses; however, the regulation of IL-15 within the tumor microenvironment (TME) is unclear. We report herein, in analyses of mice implanted with various tumor cell lines, soluble IL-15/IL-15Rα complexes (sIL-15 complexes) are abundant in the interstitial fluid of tumors with expression preceding the infiltration of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. Moreover, IL-15 as well as type I IFN, which regulates IL-15, was required for establishing normal numbers of CD8 T cells and natural killer cells in tumors. Depending on tumor type, both the tumor and the stroma are sources of sIL-15 complexes. In analyses of IL-15 reporter mice, most myeloid cells in the TME express IL-15 with CD11b

Indexed as

AnimalsCell Line, TumorGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticInflammationInterleukin-15MelanomaMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, KnockoutNeoplasm ProteinsReceptors, Interleukin-15STING ProteinTumor MicroenvironmentIl15ra protein, mouseInterleukin-15Membrane ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsReceptors, Interleukin-15Sting1 protein, mouseSTING ProteinCD8 T cellsinterferonsinterleukin 15myeloid cellstumors

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PMID30587590
PMCPMC6329954
OpenAlexW2907689723

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