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IFNγ and lymphocytes prevent primary tumour development and shape tumour immunogenicity

Shankaran, Vijay, Ikeda, Hiroaki, Bruce, Allen T., White, J. Michael, Swanson, Paul E., Old, Lloyd J., Schreiber, Robert D.·2001·Nature

Abstract

Lymphocytes were originally thought to form the basis of a 'cancer immunosurveillance' process that protects immunocompetent hosts against primary tumour development, but this idea was largely abandoned when no differences in primary tumour development were found between athymic nude mice and syngeneic wild-type mice. However, subsequent observations that nude mice do not completely lack functional T cells and that two components of the immune system-IFNgamma and perforin-help to prevent tumour formation in mice have led to renewed interest in a tumour-suppressor role for the immune response. Here we show that lymphocytes and IFNgamma collaborate to protect against development of carcinogen-induced sarcomas and spontaneous epithelial carcinomas and also to select for tumour cells with reduced immunogenicity. The immune response thus functions as an effective extrinsic tumour-suppressor system. However, this process also leads to the immunoselection of tumour cells that are more capable of surviving in an immunocompetent host, which explains the apparent paradox of tumour formation in immunologically intact individuals.

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  • The presence of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells and the production of Th1 cytokines within tumors are correlated with favorable prognoses in overall survival and disease-free survival across various malignancies.

    “The presence of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells and the production of Th1 cytokines within tumors have been correlated with favorable prognoses in terms of overall survival and disease-free survival across various malignancies [11,12,13,14].”

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Authors
Shankaran, V., Ikeda, H., Bruce, A. T., White, J. M., Swanson, P. E., Old, L. J., & Schreiber, R. D.
Affiliations
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
Corresponding author
Schreiber, Robert D.
Venue
Nature
Published
2001-04-26
Volume
410
Issue
6832
Pages
1107-1111
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W1642873092
Cited by
2,896
References
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FWCI
34.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Nature (publishedVersion)
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  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Keywords
interferon-gamma, lymphocytes, tumor surveillance, tumor suppression, tumor immunogenicity, immunoselection, perforin, epithelial cancers, nude mice, T cells, tumor immunology
MeSH terms
ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 2, Animals, Carcinoma, DNA-Binding Proteins, Female, H-2 Antigens, Immunocompetence, Interferon-gamma, Lymphocytes, Methylcholanthrene, Neoplasm Transplantation, Retroviridae, Sarcoma, Experimental, Immunophenotyping, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters, Mice

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