Toll-like Receptors in Tumor Immunotherapy

  • Chrystal M. Paulos
    Authors' Affiliation: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Andrew Kaiser
    Authors' Affiliation: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Claudia Wrzesinski
    Authors' Affiliation: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Christian S. Hinrichs
    Authors' Affiliation: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Lydie Cassard
    Authors' Affiliation: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Andrea Boni
    Authors' Affiliation: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Pawel Muranski
    Authors' Affiliation: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Luis Sanchez-Perez
    Authors' Affiliation: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Douglas C. Palmer
    Authors' Affiliation: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Zhiya Yu
    Authors' Affiliation: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Paul A. Antony
    Authors' Affiliation: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Luca Gattinoni
    Authors' Affiliation: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Steven A. Rosenberg
    Authors' Affiliation: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Nicholas P. Restifo
    Authors' Affiliation: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland

説明

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Lymphodepletion with chemotherapeutic agents or total body irradiation (TBI) before adoptive transfer of tumor-specific T cells is a critical advancement in the treatment of patients with melanoma. More than 50% of patients that are refractory to other treatments experience an objective or curative response with this approach. Emerging data indicate that the key mechanisms underlying how TBI augments the functions of adoptively transferred T cells include (a) the depletion of regulatory T cells (Treg) and myeloid-derived suppressor cells that limit the function and proliferation of adoptively transferred cells; (b) the removal of immune cells that act as “sinks” for homeostatic cytokines, whose levels increase after lymphodepletion; and (c) the activation of the innate immune system via Toll-like receptor 4 signaling, which is engaged by microbial lipopolysaccharide that translocated across the radiation-injured gut. Here, we review these mechanisms and focus on the effect of Toll-like receptor agonists in adoptive immunotherapy. We also discuss alternate regimens to chemotherapy or TBI, which might be used to safely treat patients with advanced disease and promote tumor regression.</jats:p>

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  • Clinical Cancer Research

    Clinical Cancer Research 13 (18), 5280-5289, 2007-09-15

    American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

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