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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Enhancement of Radiation Therapy through Blockade of the Immune Checkpoint, V-domain Ig Suppressor of T Cell Activation (VISTA), in Melanoma and Adenocarcinoma Murine Models.

Kayla E A Duval, Armin D Tavakkoli, Alireza Kheirollah, Haille E Soderholm, Eugene Demidenko, Janet L Lines, Walburga Croteau, Samuel C Zhang, Robert J Wagner, Ethan Aulwes and 2 more

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kayla E A DuvalDepartment of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5854-3735
Armin D TavakkoliDepartment of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4957-3072
Alireza KheirollahDepartment of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
Haille E SoderholmDepartment of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
Eugene DemidenkoDepartment of Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
Janet L LinesDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
Walburga CroteauDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
Samuel C ZhangDepartment of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2688-7781
Robert J WagnerDepartment of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
Ethan AulwesDepartment of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
Randolph J NoelleDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
P Jack HoopesDepartment of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
Dartmouth College · US

Funding

Translational Engineering in Cancer (TEC)P30CA023108 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Fred W Kolling IV · 1985 to 2026
$91.3M
Optimization of MeV FLASH radiotherapy for normal tissue preservationU01CA260446 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI David J. Gladstone, Jack Hoopes · 2022 to 2026
$3.1M
Exploiting the VISTA Pathway to Prevent Acute GVHD and Control Steroid Refractory DiseaseR01HL155114 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R, NOELLE, RANDOLPH J. · 2021 to 2024
$2.7M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023108NCI NIH HHS U01 CA260446NCI NIH HHS U01CA260446NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL155114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiation therapy (RT) has recently demonstrated promise at stimulating an enhanced immune response. The recent success of immunotherapies, such as checkpoint inhibitors, CART cells, and other immune modulators, affords new opportunities for combination with radiation. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether and to what extent blockade of VISTA, an immune checkpoint, can potentiate the tumor control ability of radiation therapy. Our study is novel in that it is the first comparison of two VISTA-blocking methods (antibody inhibition and genetic knockout) in combination with RT. VISTA was blocked either through genetic knockout (KO) or an inhibitory antibody and combined with RT in two syngeneic murine flank tumor models (B16 and MC38). Selected mRNA, immune cell infiltration, and tumor growth delay were used to assess the biological effects. When combined with a single 15Gy radiation dose, VISTA blockade via genetic knockout in the B16 model and via anti-VISTA antibodies in the MC38 model significantly improved survival compared to RT alone by an average of 5.5 days and 6.3 days, respectively (

Indexed as

AdenocarcinomaMelanomaAnimalsAntibodiesDisease Models, AnimalImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMembrane ProteinsMiceT-LymphocytesAntibodiesImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMembrane ProteinsVsir protein, mousecheckpoint inhibitorradiation therapyVISTA

Identifiers

PMID37762046
PMCPMC10530750
OpenAlexW4386483634

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