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Interferon-γ Drives Treg Fragility to Promote Anti-tumor Immunity

Overview of attention for article published in Cell, June 2017
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66 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
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116 tweeters
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5 Facebook pages

Citations

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554 Mendeley
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Title
Interferon-γ Drives Treg Fragility to Promote Anti-tumor Immunity
Published in
Cell, June 2017
DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2017.05.005
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Authors

Abigail E. Overacre-Delgoffe, Maria Chikina, Rebekah E. Dadey, Hiroshi Yano, Erin A. Brunazzi, Gulidanna Shayan, William Horne, Jessica M. Moskovitz, Jay K. Kolls, Cindy Sander, Yongli Shuai, Daniel P. Normolle, John M. Kirkwood, Robert L. Ferris, Greg M. Delgoffe, Tullia C. Bruno, Creg J. Workman, Dario A.A. Vignali

Abstract

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are a barrier to anti-tumor immunity. Neuropilin-1 (Nrp1) is required to maintain intratumoral Treg stability and function but is dispensable for peripheral immune tolerance. Treg-restricted Nrp1 deletion results in profound tumor resistance due to Treg functional fragility. Thus, identifying the basis for Nrp1 dependency and the key drivers of Treg fragility could help to improve immunotherapy for human cancer. We show that a high percentage of intratumoral NRP1(+) Tregs correlates with poor prognosis in melanoma and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Using a mouse model of melanoma where Nrp1-deficient (Nrp1(-/-)) and wild-type (Nrp1(+/+)) Tregs can be assessed in a competitive environment, we find that a high proportion of intratumoral Nrp1(-/-) Tregs produce interferon-γ (IFNγ), which drives the fragility of surrounding wild-type Tregs, boosts anti-tumor immunity, and facilitates tumor clearance. We also show that IFNγ-induced Treg fragility is required for response to anti-PD1, suggesting that cancer therapies promoting Treg fragility may be efficacious.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Korea, Republic of 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Denmark 1 <1%
Israel 1 <1%
Unknown 547 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 152 27%
Researcher 110 20%
Student > Master 47 8%
Student > Bachelor 36 6%
Other 32 6%
Other 81 15%
Unknown 96 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Immunology and Microbiology 140 25%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 93 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 78 14%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 77 14%
Unspecified 11 2%
Other 43 8%
Unknown 112 20%

Attention Score in Context

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