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The multifaceted Foxp3fgfp allele enhances spontaneous and therapeutic immune surveillance of cancer in mice

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Summary:It is well established that therapeutic impairment of Foxp3+ Treg in mice and humans favors immune rejection of solid tumors. Less explored is the impact Foxp3 allelic variants may have on tumor incidence, progression and therapy. In this work, we tested and demonstrate that the Foxp3fgfp reporter allele, found previously to either enhance or reduce Treg function in specific autoimmunity settings, confers increased anti-tumor immunity. Our conclusions stem out of the analysis of three tumor models of different tissue origin, in two murine genetic backgrounds. When compared to wild type animals, mice carrying the Foxp3fgfp allele spontaneously delay, reduce or prevent primary tumor growth, decrease metastasis growth, and potentiate the response to anti-CTLA4 monotherapy. These findings suggest allelic variances at the Foxp3 locus may serve as predictive indicators for personalized therapy and prognostics, and point at possible new therapeutic targets.
Main Authors:Almeida-Santos, Jose
Other Authors:Bergman, Marie-Louise; Jocelyne, Demengeot; Correia, Vasco; Caramalho, Iris; Cabral, Ines
Subject:Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE Research Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES Treg Foxp3:GFP Allelic hypomorph variant Tumor Immunology
Year:2019
Country:Portugal
Document type:article
Access type:open access
Associated institution:Repositório do GIMM – Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine
Language:English
Origin:ARCA

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