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ArticleCancer cell2023

TIM-3 blockade in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma models promotes tumor regression and antitumor immune memory.

Iker Ausejo-Mauleon, Sara Labiano, Daniel de la Nava, Virginia Laspidea, Marta Zalacain, Lucía Marrodán, Marc García-Moure, Marisol González-Huarriz, Irati Hervás-Corpión, Laasya Dhandapani and 24 more

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Article in Cancer cell, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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34 authors at 13 institutions in 4 countries.

Iker Ausejo-MauleonHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Solid Tumor Program, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Sara LabianoHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Solid Tumor Program, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Daniel de la NavaHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Solid Tumor Program, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Virginia LaspideaHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Solid Tumor Program, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Marta ZalacainHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Solid Tumor Program, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Lucía MarrodánHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Solid Tumor Program, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Marc García-MoureHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Solid Tumor Program, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Marisol González-HuarrizHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Solid Tumor Program, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Irati Hervás-CorpiónHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Solid Tumor Program, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Laasya DhandapaniHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Solid Tumor Program, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Silvestre VicentHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Solid Tumor Program, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Maria CollantesRadiopharmacy Unit, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Translational Molecular Imaging Unit, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Iván PeñuelasHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Radiopharmacy Unit, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Translational Molecular Imaging Unit, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Oren J BecherJack Martin Fund Division of Pediatric Hematology-oncology, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Mariella G FilbinDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Li JiangDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Jenna LabelleDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Carlos A O de Biagi-JuniorDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Javad NazarianChildren's National Health System, Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Washington, DC, USA; Virginia Tech University, Washington, DC, USA; Division of Oncology and Children's Research Center, DIPG/DMG Research Center Zurich, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Sandra LaternserDivision of Oncology and Children's Research Center, DIPG/DMG Research Center Zurich, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Timothy N PhoenixDivision of Pharmaceutical Sciences, James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Jasper van der LugtPrincess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Mariette KranendonkPrincess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Raoull HoogendijkPrincess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Sabine MuellerUniversity of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Carlos De AndreaHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Department of Pathology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Ana C AndersonEvergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Elizabeth GuruceagaHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Bioinformatics Platform, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Carl KoschmannDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Viveka Nand YadavDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Research Institute (CMRI), Kansas City, KS, USA; Department of Cancer Biology, University of Kansas Cancer Center. Kansas City, KS, USA.
Jaime Gállego Pérez-LarrayaHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Solid Tumor Program, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Department of Neurology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Ana Patiño-GarcíaHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Solid Tumor Program, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Fernando PastorHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Molecular Therapeutics Program, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Marta M AlonsoHealth Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain; Solid Tumor Program, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. Electronic address: mmalonso@unav.es.
Universidad de Navarra · ESBroad Institute · USClinica Universidad de Navarra · ESNavarre Institute of Health Research · ESDana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center · USPrincess Máxima Center · NLUniversity of Zurich · CHHarvard University · USMercy Research · USUniversity Children's Hospital Zurich · CHUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center · USVirginia Tech · US

Funding

The role of ATRX mutation in the epigenetic dysregulation of cell cycle in pediatric high-grade gliomaR01NS119231 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI KOSCHMANN, CARL J · 2021 to 2025
$1.9M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS119231
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is an aggressive brain stem tumor and the leading cause of pediatric cancer-related death. To date, these tumors remain incurable, underscoring the need for efficacious therapies. In this study, we demonstrate that the immune checkpoint TIM-3 (HAVCR2) is highly expressed in both tumor cells and microenvironmental cells, mainly microglia and macrophages, in DIPG. We show that inhibition of TIM-3 in syngeneic models of DIPG prolongs survival and produces long-term survivors free of disease that harbor immune memory. This antitumor effect is driven by the direct effect of TIM-3 inhibition in tumor cells, the coordinated action of several immune cell populations, and the secretion of chemokines/cytokines that create a proinflammatory tumor microenvironment favoring a potent antitumor immune response. This work uncovers TIM-3 as a bona fide target in DIPG and supports its clinical translation.

Indexed as

Brain Stem NeoplasmsDiffuse Intrinsic Pontine GliomaGliomaChildHepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2HumansImmunologic MemoryTumor MicroenvironmentHepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2diffuse midline gliomaDIPGDMGsimmune checkpointimmunotherapymacrophagesmicrogliapediatric brain tumorTIM-3tumor microenvironment

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PMID37802053
PMCPMC10644900
OpenAlexW4387376616

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