Université de Fribourg

Effects of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy on tumor regression: insights from a patient-derived xenograft model

Martín-Ruiz, Asunción ; Fiuza-Luces, Carmen ; Martínez-Martínez, Esther ; Arias, Clemente F. ; Gutiérrez, Lourdes ; Ramírez, Manuel ; Martín-Acosta, Paloma ; Coronado, Maria José ; Lucia, Alejandro ; Provencio, Mariano

In: Scientific Reports, 2020, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 7078

Immunotherapies, such as checkpoint blockade of programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1), have resulted in unprecedented improvements in survival for patients with lung cancer. Nonetheless, not all patients benefit equally and many issues remain unresolved, including the mechanisms of action and the possible effector function of immune cells from non-lymphoid lineages. The purpose of this...