Nature Communications (Dec 2018)

Induction of immunosuppressive functions and NF-κB by FLIP in monocytes

  • Alessandra Fiore,
  • Stefano Ugel,
  • Francesco De Sanctis,
  • Sara Sandri,
  • Giulio Fracasso,
  • Rosalinda Trovato,
  • Silvia Sartoris,
  • Samantha Solito,
  • Susanna Mandruzzato,
  • Fulvia Vascotto,
  • Keli L. Hippen,
  • Giada Mondanelli,
  • Ursula Grohmann,
  • Geny Piro,
  • Carmine Carbone,
  • Davide Melisi,
  • Rita T. Lawlor,
  • Aldo Scarpa,
  • Alessia Lamolinara,
  • Manuela Iezzi,
  • Matteo Fassan,
  • Silvio Bicciato,
  • Bruce R. Blazar,
  • Ugur Sahin,
  • Peter J. Murray,
  • Vincenzo Bronte

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07654-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Signaling and transcriptional regulation of MDSC activity remains largely undefined. Here the authors show that monocytic MDSC immunosuppression is triggered by c-FLIP and requires NFκB, implicate this axis in cancer prognosis and response to therapy, and employ ectopic FLIP to treat immunopathology.