Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Targeted immunotherapy against distinct cancer-associated fibroblasts overcomes treatment resistance in refractory HER2+ breast tumors

  • Elisa I. Rivas,
  • Jenniffer Linares,
  • Melissa Zwick,
  • Andrea Gómez-Llonin,
  • Marc Guiu,
  • Anna Labernadie,
  • Jordi Badia-Ramentol,
  • Anna Lladó,
  • Lídia Bardia,
  • Iván Pérez-Núñez,
  • Carolina Martínez-Ciarpaglini,
  • Noelia Tarazona,
  • Anna Sallent-Aragay,
  • Marta Garrido,
  • Toni Celià-Terrassa,
  • Octavio Burgués,
  • Roger R. Gomis,
  • Joan Albanell,
  • Alexandre Calon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32782-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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A substantial proportion of HER2+ breast cancer patients do not benefit from HER2-targeted therapy. Here, the authors identify a population of cancer-associated fibroblasts involved in the suppression of trastuzumab-induced ADCC that can be pharmacologically targeted to raise treatment effectiveness in unresponsive tumors.