Université de Fribourg

Arginase inhibition suppresses lung metastasis in the 4T1 breast cancer model independently of the immunomodulatory and anti-metastatic effects of VEGFR-2 blockade

Secondini, Chiara ; Coquoz, Oriana ; Spagnuolo, Lorenzo ; Spinetti, Thibaud ; Peyvandi, Sanam ; Ciarloni, Laura ; Botta, Francesca ; Bourquin, Carole ; Rüegg, Curzio

In: OncoImmunology, 2017, vol. 6, no. 6, p. e1316437

Tumor angiogenesis promotes tumor growth and metastasis. Anti-angiogenic therapy in combination with chemotherapy is used for the treatment of metastatic cancers, including breast cancer but therapeutic benefits are limited. Mobilization and accumulation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) during tumor progression and therapy have been implicated in metastasis formation and resistance to...