1. Nanoparticle-enabled innate immune stimulation activates endogenous tumor-infiltrating T cells with broad antigen specificities.
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Qian Yin, Wong Yu, Grzeskowiak, Caitlin L., Jing Li, Huang Huang, Jing Guo, Liang Chen, Feng Wang, Fan Zhao, von Boehmer, Lotta, Metzner, Thomas J., Leppert, John T., Chien, Yueh-hsiu, Kuo, Calvin J., and Davis, Mark M.
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REGULATORY T cells ,T cells ,LABORATORY mice ,IMMUNOLOGIC memory ,ANTIGENS ,TUMOR-infiltrating immune cells - Abstract
Tumors are often infiltrated by T lymphocytes recognizing either self- or mutated antigens but are generally inactive, although they often show signs of prior clonal expansion. Hypothesizing that this may be due to peripheral tolerance, we formulated nanoparticles containing innate immune stimulants that we found were sufficient to activate self-specific CD8
+ T cells and injected them into two different mouse tumor models, B16F10 and MC38. These nanoparticles robustly activated and/or expanded antigen-specific CD8+ tumor-infiltrating T cells, along with a decrease in regulatory CD4+ T cells and an increase in Interleukin-17 producers, resulting in significant tumor growth retardation or elimination and the establishment of immune memory in surviving mice. Furthermore, nanoparticles with modification of stimulating human T cells enabled the robust activation of endogenous T cells in patientderived tumor organoids. These results indicate that breaking peripheral tolerance without regard to the antigen specificity creates a promising pathway for cancer immunotherapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2021
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