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ArticleBMC cancer2025

Targeting DKK3 to remodel tumor immune microenvironment and enhance cancer immunotherapy.

Kai Shi, Yan Zhao, Hao Ye, Xiaoming Zhu, Zhenghai Chen

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Article in BMC cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Kai ShiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Huai'an Hospital of Huai'an City & Huai'an Cancer Hospital & The Affiliated Huai'an Hospital of Jiangsu College of Nursing, Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, China.
Yan ZhaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Huai'an Hospital of Huai'an City & Huai'an Cancer Hospital & The Affiliated Huai'an Hospital of Jiangsu College of Nursing, Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, China.
Hao YeDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Huai'an Hospital of Huai'an City & Huai'an Cancer Hospital & The Affiliated Huai'an Hospital of Jiangsu College of Nursing, Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, China.
Xiaoming ZhuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Huai'an Hospital of Huai'an City & Huai'an Cancer Hospital & The Affiliated Huai'an Hospital of Jiangsu College of Nursing, Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, China.
Zhenghai ChenDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Huai'an Hospital of Huai'an City & Huai'an Cancer Hospital & The Affiliated Huai'an Hospital of Jiangsu College of Nursing, Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, China. czh42778@163.com.

Funding

The Youth Development Fund of Huai'an Cancer Hospital 2023PY00264
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer immunotherapy such as immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy has made important breakthroughs in cancer treatment, however, currently only parts of cancer patients benefit from ICB therapy. The suppressive tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) impedes the treatment response of immunotherapy, indicating the necessity to explore new treatment targets. Here, we reported a new potential immunotherapeutic target, Dickkopf-3 (DKK3), for cancer treatment. DKK3 expression is up-regulated in the tumors from multiple cancer types, and high DKK3 expression is associated with worse survival outcome across different cancers. We observed that DKK3 directly inhibits the activation of CD8

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingImmunotherapyIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingDKK3 protein, humanDkk3 protein, mouseImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsCancer immunotherapyDKK3PD-1 BlockadeT cellTumor immune microenvironment

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PMID40205566
PMCPMC11984186

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