ArticleScience immunology2025
Combined Flt3L and CD40 agonism restores dendritic cell-driven T cell immunity in pancreatic cancer.
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- Targeting Tumor-Associated Macrophages to Reshape the Immuno-Mechanical Landscape: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Review
- Mesenchymal stem cells promote cisplatin resistance in non-small cell lung cancer through IL-6/MEK-ERK/macrophages axis: construction of prognostic signature and experimental investigation.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Dendritic cell-related gene signature in pancreatic cancer stratifies patient subtypes and implicates a KCTD14-TNF signaling axis.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
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Abstract
T cell-directed immunotherapies have largely failed to slow progression of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) because of poor tumor antigenicity and an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. We hypothesized that conventional dendritic cell (cDC) suppression in PDAC may further impair tumor immunity. We found that low tissue expression of Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand (Flt3L) partially underlies cDC deficits. Treatment with systemic Flt3L and CD40 agonists restored cDC number and function in murine models and clinical trial samples from patients with PDAC. CD40 agonism alone did not fully activate cDCs; however, when combined with Flt3L, dual therapy triggered a cDC-driven type I immune response characterized by T cell infiltration, interleukin-12 production, and reciprocal interferon-γ (IFN-γ) responses. In mice, cDC1s were responsible for CD8
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