VISTA is an inhibitory immune checkpoint that is increased after ipilimumab therapy in patients with prostate cancer.
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To date, anti-CTLA-4 (ipilimumab) or anti-PD-1 (nivolumab) monotherapy has not been demonstrated to be of substantial clinical benefit in patients with prostate cancer. To identify additional immune-inhibitory pathways in the prostate-tumor microenvironment, we evaluated untreated and ipilimumab-treated tumors from patients in a presurgical clinical trial. Levels of the PD-L1 and VISTA inhibitory molecules increased on independent subsets of macrophages in treated tumors. Our data suggest that VISTA represents another compensatory inhibitory pathway in prostate tumors after ipilimumab therapy. |
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2017
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| Journal |
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Nature medicine
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23
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| Issue |
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5
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| Number of Pages |
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551-555
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1078-8956
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nm.4308
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| DOI |
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10.1038/nm.4308
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| Short Title |
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Nat Med
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