1. FLT3LG - a biomarker reflecting clinical responses to the immunogenic cell death inducer oxaliplatin.
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Pol JG, Le Naour J, and Kroemer G
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- Biomarkers, Tumor, Humans, Membrane Proteins, Antineoplastic Agents pharmacology, Colorectal Neoplasms drug therapy, Colorectal Neoplasms immunology, Colorectal Neoplasms pathology, Immunogenic Cell Death, Liver Neoplasms drug therapy, Liver Neoplasms immunology, Liver Neoplasms secondary, Oxaliplatin pharmacology
- Abstract
The fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) ligand (FLT3LG) binds to FLT3 on dendritic cells to stimulate their differentiation and expansion, hence facilitating tumor antigen cross-presentation and anticancer immune responses. A recent study by Abrahamsson et al. demonstrates that, in patients receiving a hepatic arterial infusion of oxaliplatin for the treatment of colorectal cancer metastases, an increase in circulating FLT3LG predicts long-term survival of those individuals whose metastases have been rendered resectable. Thus, FLT3LG constitutes a potential biomarker of immune activation by immunogenic cell death-inducing chemotherapeutics such as oxaliplatin. Abbreviations : DC, dendritic cell; FLT3, fms-related tyrosine kinase 3; FLT3LG, FLT3 ligand; ICI, immune checkpoint inhibitor; OXA, oxaliplatin., (© 2020 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.)
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- 2020
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