Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

TNFα blockade overcomes resistance to anti-PD-1 in experimental melanoma

  • Florie Bertrand,
  • Anne Montfort,
  • Elie Marcheteau,
  • Caroline Imbert,
  • Julia Gilhodes,
  • Thomas Filleron,
  • Philippe Rochaix,
  • Nathalie Andrieu-Abadie,
  • Thierry Levade,
  • Nicolas Meyer,
  • Céline Colacios,
  • Bruno Ségui

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02358-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Most melanoma patients do not respond to anti-PD1 therapy. Here, the authors show that TNFα blockade synergizes with anti-PD-1 by preventing anti-PD-1-induced CD8+ T cell death and TIM-3 expression on such cells.