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ArticleCancer immunology research2025

T Cells Instruct Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy Resistance in Tumors Responsive to IL1 and TNFα Inflammation.

Nam Woo Cho, Sophia M Guldberg, Barzin Y Nabet, Jie Zeng Yu, Eun Ji Kim, Kamir J Hiam-Galvez, Jacqueline L Yee, Rachel DeBarge, Iliana Tenvooren, Naa Asheley Ashitey and 4 more

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Article in Cancer immunology research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Nam Woo ChoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.ORCID 0000-0002-5785-9698
Sophia M GuldbergDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.ORCID 0000-0002-0102-4341
Barzin Y NabetStanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California.ORCID 0000-0002-4824-3533
Jie Zeng YuDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.ORCID 0009-0009-6663-4405
Eun Ji KimIndependent Researcher.ORCID 0009-0006-7239-4071
Kamir J Hiam-GalvezDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.ORCID 0000-0002-1956-0257
Jacqueline L YeeDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.ORCID 0000-0001-7860-2237
Rachel DeBargeDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.ORCID 0000-0001-9223-1364
Iliana TenvoorenDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.ORCID 0000-0002-9833-7669
Naa Asheley AshiteyDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.ORCID 0009-0008-4154-4158
Filipa LynceDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0001-6615-7076
Deborah A DillonDepartment of Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-4977-6673
Jennifer M RosenbluthStanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California.ORCID 0000-0003-1314-6976
Matthew H SpitzerDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.ORCID 0000-0002-5291-3819

Funding

Tissue and Pathology CoreP50CA168504 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI LEIF W ELLISEN, NANCY U LIN · 2013 to 2026
$30.1M
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007334 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CYSTER, JASON G · 1988 to 2023
$11.0M
PREDOCTORAL TRAINING IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCEST32GM008568 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ANSEL, KARL MARK · 1995 to 2019
$6.3M
Restorative practice in repairing harm and promoting safe and inclusive practices in the laboratory.T32GM136547 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Adrian Erlebacher, Anita Sil · 2020 to 2026
$4.5M
Immune determinants of progression from Oral Epithelial Dysplasia to Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by precision multiplexed imagingR01DE032033 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Matthew Spitzer · 2022 to 2026
$3.8M
Quantitatively modeling immune responses to cancerDP5OD023056 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI SPITZER, MATTHEW · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
Early identification of immunotherapy resistance through integrated multiparameter imagingR01CA290027 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Mekhail Anwar, Matthew Spitzer · 2025 to 2026
$1.4M
UCSF DVS CyTOF Mass CytometerS10OD018040 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LANIER, LEWIS LEE · 2014 to 2014
$600k
The Effect of Tumor Burden on Peripheral cDC1 Activation and FunctionalityF31CA265128 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DEBARGE, RACHEL · 2021 to 2023
$102k
Determining the role of AIRE and AIRE-expressing tumor associated macrophages in tumor growth and immunityF31CA271748 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI GULDBERG, SOPHIA · 2023 to 2024
$81k
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 20-20-01-SPITAmerican Cancer Society (ACS) Clinician Scientist Development Grant ASTRO-CSDG-23-1036400-01-IBCDAmerican Cancer Society (ACS) RSG-22-141-01-IBCDCancer Research Institute (CRI) CRI4437Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator supportNational Cancer Institute (NCI) 1P50CA168504National Cancer Institute (NCI) F31CA271748National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) T32 5T32AI007334-33National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) T32GM1365471National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) GRFP fellowshipNCI NIH HHS F31 CA265128NCI NIH HHS F31 CA271748NCI NIH HHS P50 CA168504NCI NIH HHS R01 CA290027NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007334NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE032033NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008568NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM136547NIH HHS DP5 OD023056NIH HHS S10 OD018040ODCDC CDC HHS DP5 OD023056ODCDC CDC HHS S10 OD018040Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI) Parker FellowStanford University (SU) Stanford Propel Postdoctoral ScholarshipUniversity of California, San Francisco (UCSF) ImmunoX Computational Biology InitiativeUniversity of California, San Francisco (UCSF) UCSF Prostate Cancer Program PilotU.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) BC220499
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) is common, even in tumors with T-cell infiltration. We thus investigated consequences of ICI-induced T-cell infiltration in the microenvironment of resistant tumors. T cells and neutrophil numbers increased in ICI-resistant tumors following treatment, in contrast to ICI-responsive tumors. Resistant tumors were distinguished by high expression of IL1 receptor 1, enabling a synergistic response to IL1 and TNFα to induce G-CSF, CXCL1, and CXCL2 via NF-κB signaling, supporting immunosuppressive neutrophil accumulation in tumor. Perturbation of this inflammatory resistance circuit sensitized tumors to ICIs. Paradoxically, T cells drove this resistance circuit via TNFα both in vitro and in vivo. Evidence of this inflammatory resistance circuit and its impact also translated to human cancers. These data support a mechanism of ICI resistance, wherein treatment-induced T-cell activity can drive resistance in tumors responsive to IL1 and TNFα, with important therapeutic implications.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, NeoplasmImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsInflammationInterleukin-1NeoplasmsT-LymphocytesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLTumor MicroenvironmentImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsInterleukin-1Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID39404741
PMCPMC11790381

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