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ArticlePNAS nexus2025

Immunotherapy of endometrial cancer via CD47 blockade-mediated macrophage phagocytosis.

Kerem Yucebas, Sooah Ko, Jinyu Zhou, Elizabeth M Hamel, Mia G Hackworth, Edgar Andres Diaz Miranda, Haley S Carpenter, Mark I Hunter, Omair M Khan, Irving L Weissman and 1 more

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Article in PNAS nexus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Kerem YucebasDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2756-8372
Sooah KoDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Jinyu ZhouDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Elizabeth M HamelDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8767-2064
Mia G HackworthDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Edgar Andres Diaz MirandaDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-3767
Haley S CarpenterDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Mark I HunterDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8616-5003
Omair M KhanInstitute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Irving L WeissmanInstitute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9077-7467
Shiying JinDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2172-0893

Funding

Epithelial stem cell regulation of pregnancy establishmentR56HD104821 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI JIN, SHIYING · 2022 to 2022
$229k
NICHD NIH HHS R56 HD104821
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interaction between CD47 expressed on cancer cells and signal regulatory protein-α located on macrophages blocks the phagocytosis of tumor cells by macrophages. Our data reveal that human endometrial cancer cells (hECCs) upregulate the CD47 level on their surface and that there is a high density of tumor-associated macrophages within the microenvironment of human endometrial cancer. In vitro functional assay shows that an anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody (mAb) promotes the phagocytosis of hECCs by macrophages. Systemic and in situ treatments with an anti-CD47 mAb effectively reduce tumor burden in vivo in a genetically engineered mouse model of endometrial cancer. Thus, this study provides preclinical evidence that CD47 blockade using an anti-CD47 mAb to augment macrophage phagocytosis is a potential therapeutic strategy for endometrial cancer.

Indexed as

Biological SciencesCD47endometrial cancerimmunotherapymacrophageMedical Sciencesphagocytosis

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PMID40371397
PMCPMC12077145

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