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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-10
pubmed:abstractText
Conventional cancer treatments rely on radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Such treatments supposedly mediate their effects via the direct elimination of tumor cells. Here we show that the success of some protocols for anticancer therapy depends on innate and adaptive antitumor immune responses. We describe in both mice and humans a previously unrecognized pathway for the activation of tumor antigen-specific T-cell immunity that involves secretion of the high-mobility-group box 1 (HMGB1) alarmin protein by dying tumor cells and the action of HMGB1 on Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) expressed by dendritic cells (DCs). During chemotherapy or radiotherapy, DCs require signaling through TLR4 and its adaptor MyD88 for efficient processing and cross-presentation of antigen from dying tumor cells. Patients with breast cancer who carry a TLR4 loss-of-function allele relapse more quickly after radiotherapy and chemotherapy than those carrying the normal TLR4 allele. These results delineate a clinically relevant immunoadjuvant pathway triggered by tumor cell death.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1078-8956
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:AmigorenaSebastianS, pubmed-author:AndréFabriceF, pubmed-author:ApetohLionelL, pubmed-author:BarratFranck JFJ, pubmed-author:BourhisJeanJ, pubmed-author:ChompretAgnèsA, pubmed-author:Clavel-ChapelonFrançoiseF, pubmed-author:CriolloAlfredoA, pubmed-author:DelalogeSuzetteS, pubmed-author:GhiringhelliFrançoisF, pubmed-author:JoulinVirginieV, pubmed-author:KroemerGuidoG, pubmed-author:LeviFrancisF, pubmed-author:LidereauRosetteR, pubmed-author:MaiuriM ChiaraMC, pubmed-author:MignotGrégoireG, pubmed-author:MiraJean-PaulJP, pubmed-author:NoguesCatherineC, pubmed-author:ObeidMichelM, pubmed-author:OrtizCarlaC, pubmed-author:RyffelBernardB, pubmed-author:SaftigPaulP, pubmed-author:SaulnierPatrickP, pubmed-author:TesniereAntoineA, pubmed-author:TurszThomasT, pubmed-author:UllrichEvelynE, pubmed-author:YangHuanH, pubmed-author:ZitvogelLaurenceL
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1050-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-6-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Toll-like receptor 4-dependent contribution of the immune system to anticancer chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR), 39 rue Camille Desmoulins, F-94805 Villejuif, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't