Nature Communications (May 2020)

Proimmunogenic impact of MEK inhibition synergizes with agonist anti-CD40 immunostimulatory antibodies in tumor therapy

  • Daniel Baumann,
  • Tanja Hägele,
  • Julian Mochayedi,
  • Jennifer Drebant,
  • Caroline Vent,
  • Sven Blobner,
  • Julia Han Noll,
  • Irena Nickel,
  • Corinna Schumacher,
  • Sophie Luise Boos,
  • Aline Sophie Daniel,
  • Susann Wendler,
  • Michael Volkmar,
  • Oliver Strobel,
  • Rienk Offringa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15979-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Immune checkpoint inhibitors have limited efficacy in tumors with lower mutational burden and non-permissive microenvironment. Here, the authors show that combining MEK inhibition with an agonist anti-CD40 immunostimulatory antibody improves antitumor treatment by inducing immunogenic changes in the tumor microenvironment.