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ArticleScientific reports2021

ABO blood group antigen therapy: a potential new strategy against solid tumors.

Qiong Luo, Mingxin Pan, Hao Feng, Lei Wang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Qiong Luo *Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hengyang Hospital, Southern Medical University (Hengyang Central Hospital), Hengyang, 421000, China.
Mingxin PanGeneral Surgery Center, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery II, Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Artificial Organ and Tissue Engineering, Guangzhou Clinical Research and Transformation Center for Artificial Liver, Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Hao FengMedical Laboratory Center, Chifeng Municipal Hospital/Chifeng Clinical College, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Chifeng, 024000, China.
Lei Wang *National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 1000210, China. lncyly@126.com.
Chifeng Municipal Hospital · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNHengyang Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNZhujiang Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The economic burden of tumors is increasing, so there is an urgent need to develop new therapies for their treatment. Killing tumors by activating complement is an effective strategy for the treatment. We used the ABO blood group system and the corresponding antibodies to activate the killer cell capacity of the complement system. After the construction of a mouse model containing blood group A antibodies and inoculating colorectal cancer and breast cancer cells into the axillae of the mice, intratumoural injection using a lentivirus carrying a blood group antigen as a drug significantly reduced the tumor volume of the mice. Compared with the control group, the content of the C5b-9 complement membrane attack complex in the tumors of mice treated with the blood group A antigen was significantly increased, and the proportion of NK cells was also significantly increased. In vitro cell-based experiments proved that tumor cells expressing blood group A antigens showed significantly inhibited cell proliferation when added to serum containing blood group A antibodies. These results all prove that the ABO blood group antigen may become a powerful tool for the treatment of tumors in patients.

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ABO Blood-Group SystemAnimalsAntibodiesApoptosisBreast NeoplasmsCell ProliferationColorectal NeoplasmsComplement ActivationComplement System ProteinsFemaleHumansKiller Cells, NaturalMiceMice, Inbred BALB CTumor Cells, CulturedXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysABO Blood-Group SystemAntibodiescomplement C5b-6 complexComplement System Proteins

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PMID34376742
PMCPMC8355358
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