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ArticleNature communications2020

Annexin A5 as an immune checkpoint inhibitor and tumor-homing molecule for cancer treatment.

Tae Heung Kang, Jung Hwa Park, Andrew Yang, Hyun Jin Park, Sung Eun Lee, Young Seob Kim, Gun-Young Jang, Emily Farmer, Brandon Lam, Yeong-Min Park and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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42citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Phosphatidylserine externalization as immune checkpoint in cancer.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2024
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  18. ANXA5: A Key Regulator of Immune Cell Infiltration in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tae Heung Kang *Department of Immunology, KU Open Innovation Center, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, South Korea.
Jung Hwa Park *Department of Immunology, KU Open Innovation Center, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, South Korea.
Andrew YangMedical Scientist Training Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0200-9140
Hyun Jin ParkDepartment of Immunology, KU Open Innovation Center, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, South Korea.
Sung Eun LeeDepartment of Immunology, KU Open Innovation Center, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, South Korea.
Young Seob KimDepartment of Immunology, KU Open Innovation Center, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, South Korea.
Gun-Young JangDepartment of Immunology, KU Open Innovation Center, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, South Korea.
Emily FarmerDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Brandon LamGraduate Program in Immunology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Yeong-Min ParkDepartment of Immunology, KU Open Innovation Center, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, South Korea. immun3023@kku.ac.kr.
Chien-Fu HungDepartment of Pathology, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9170-7797
Konkuk University · KRJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

The role of Albumin-Flt3L-induced cross-presenting dendritic cell expansion in antitumor immunityF31CA236051 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LAM, BRANDON KRISHNA · 2019 to 2021
$128k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA236051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interaction between immune cells and phosphatidylserine (PS) molecules exposed on the surface of apoptotic-tumor bodies, such as those induced by chemotherapies, contributes to the formation of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). Annexin A5 (AnxA5) binds with high affinity to PS externalized by apoptotic cells, thereby hindering their interaction with immune cells. Here, we show that AnxA5 administration rescue the immunosuppressive state of the TME induced by chemotherapy. Due to the preferential homing of AnxA5 to the TME enriched with PS+ tumor cells, we demonstrate in vivo that fusing tumor-antigen peptide to AnxA5 significantly enhances its immunogenicity and antitumor efficacy when administered after chemotherapy. Also, the therapeutic antitumor effect of an AnxA5-peptide fusion can be further enhanced by administration of other immune checkpoint inhibitors. Our findings support the administration of AnxA5 following chemotherapy as a promising immune checkpoint inhibitor for cancer treatment.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnnexin A5Antibodies, BlockingAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesCell Line, TumorCisplatinDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansImmunologic FactorsMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLNeoplasmsPapillomavirus E7 ProteinsPhosphatidylserinesAnnexin A5Antibodies, BlockingAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesCisplatinImmunologic Factorsoncogene protein E7, Human papillomavirus type 16Papillomavirus E7 ProteinsPhosphatidylserinesRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTransforming Growth Factor betaTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID32111835
PMCPMC7048819
OpenAlexW3009044721

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