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  • Radiation and Local Anti-CD...
    Yasmin-Karim, Sayeda; Bruck, Patrick T; Moreau, Michele; Kunjachan, Sijumon; Chen, Gui Zhen; Kumar, Rajiv; Grabow, Stephanie; Dougan, Stephanie K; Ngwa, Wilfred

    Frontiers in immunology, 09/2018, Letnik: 9
    Journal Article

    Radiation therapy induces immunogenic cell death, which can theoretically stimulate T cell priming and induction of tumor-specific memory T cell responses, serving as an vaccine. In practice, this abscopal effect is rarely observed. We use two mouse models of pancreatic cancer to show that a single dose of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) synergizes with intratumoral injection of agonistic anti-CD40, resulting in regression of non-treated contralateral tumors and formation of long-term immunologic memory. Long-term survival was not observed when mice received multiple fractions of SBRT, or when TGFβ blockade was combined with SBRT. SBRT and anti-CD40 was so effective at augmenting T cell priming, that memory CD8 T cell responses to both tumor and self-antigens were induced, resulting in vitiligo in long-term survivors.