Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Tumour-targeted interleukin-12 and entinostat combination therapy improves cancer survival by reprogramming the tumour immune cell landscape

  • Kristin C. Hicks,
  • Paul L. Chariou,
  • Yohei Ozawa,
  • Christine M. Minnar,
  • Karin M. Knudson,
  • Thomas J. Meyer,
  • Jing Bian,
  • Margaret Cam,
  • Jeffrey Schlom,
  • Sofia R. Gameiro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25393-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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The immunocytokine NHS-IL12 is targeted to necrotic tumour areas to prompt an immune response. Authors show here in mouse colon and breast models that the combination of histone deacetylase inhibitor, Entinostat, and NHS-IL12 generates a tumour microenvironment that favours tumour resolution.