Communications Biology (Nov 2022)

Reprogramming of pancreatic adenocarcinoma immunosurveillance by a microbial probiotic siderophore

  • Mehdi Chaib,
  • Bilal B. Hafeez,
  • Hassan Mandil,
  • Deidre Daria,
  • Ajeeth K. Pingili,
  • Sonam Kumari,
  • Mohammed Sikander,
  • Vivek K. Kashyap,
  • Guo-Yun Chen,
  • Emmanuel Anning,
  • Manish K. Tripathi,
  • Sheema Khan,
  • Stephen Behrman,
  • Murali M. Yallapu,
  • Meena Jaggi,
  • Liza Makowski,
  • Subhash C. Chauhan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04102-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The probiotic-derived siderophore, ferrichrome, enhances anti-tumor immunity and improves the efficacy of checkpoint immunotherapy in a model of pancreatic cancer by repolarizing tumor-associated macrophages to a immunostimulatory M1 phenotype.