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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2026

Targeting CD39 in combination with IL-2/anti-IL-2 complexes enhances cytotoxic immunity and limits tumor progression.

Carolina Abrate, Valentina Brunotto, Sabrina N Bossio, Santiago Boccardo, Jimena Tosello Boari, Pamela Caudana, Lara Hernandez, Camila Gimenez, Martin G Theumer, Christine Sedlik and 6 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Carolina AbrateDepartamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Valentina BrunottoDepartamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Sabrina N BossioDepartamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Santiago BoccardoDepartamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Jimena Tosello BoariINSERM U932 Immunity and Cancer, Department of Translational Research, PSL University, Institut Curie Research Center, Paris, France.
Pamela CaudanaINSERM U932 Immunity and Cancer, Department of Translational Research, PSL University, Institut Curie Research Center, Paris, France.
Lara HernandezDepartamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Camila GimenezDepartamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Martin G TheumerDepartamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Christine SedlikINSERM U932 Immunity and Cancer, Department of Translational Research, PSL University, Institut Curie Research Center, Paris, France.
Maria C Amezcua-VeselyDepartamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Simon C RobsonCenter for Inflammation Research, Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Adriana GruppiDepartamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Eliane PiaggioINSERM U932 Immunity and Cancer, Department of Translational Research, PSL University, Institut Curie Research Center, Paris, France.
Eva V Acosta RodríguezDepartamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Carolina L MontesDepartamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapies revolutionized cancer treatment, yet their efficacy remains constrained by the tumor's immunosuppressive microenvironment. Here, we evaluated whether combining CD39 blockade with other modalities of immunotherapy such as IL-2/anti-IL-2 complexes (IL-2cx) administration could further enhance T cell-mediated antitumor responses and improve tumor control. We demonstrated that CD39 deficiency in MC38 tumor-bearing CD39KO (Entpd1 null) mice decreases tumor growth. This better tumor growth control was associated with increased infiltration of PD-1

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ApyraseCytotoxicity, ImmunologicInterleukin-2AnimalsAntigens, CDCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorDisease ProgressionImmunotherapyMelanoma, ExperimentalMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutT-Cell ExhaustionTumor MicroenvironmentAntigens, CDApyraseCD39 antigenInterleukin-2CD39CD8+ T cellsexhaustionIL-2/anti-IL-2 complexesimmunotherapy

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PMID41668741
PMCPMC12883794

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