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http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#typehttp://purl.uniprot.org/core/Journal_Citation
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment"The immune suppressive microenvironment is a major culprit for difficult-to-treat solid cancers. Particularly, inhibitory tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) define the resistant nature of the tumor milieu. To define tumor-enabling mechanisms of TAMs, we analyzed molecular clinical datasets correlating cell surface receptors with the TAM infiltrate. Though P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1) is found on other immune cells and functions as an adhesion molecule, PSGL-1 is highly expressed on TAMs across multiple tumor types. siRNA-mediated knockdown and antibody-mediated inhibition revealed a role for PSGL-1 in maintaining an immune suppressed macrophage state. PSGL-1 knockdown or inhibition enhanced proinflammatory mediator release across assays and donors in vitro. In several syngeneic mouse models, PSGL-1 blockade alone and in combination with PD-1 blockade reduced tumor growth. Using a humanized tumor model, we observed the proinflammatory TAM switch following treatment with an anti-PSGL-1 antibody. In ex vivo patient-derived tumor cultures, a PSGL-1 blocking antibody increased expression of macrophage-derived proinflammatory cytokines, as well as IFNγ, indicative of T-cell activation. Our data demonstrate that PSGL-1 blockade reprograms TAMs, offering a new therapeutic avenue to patients not responding to T-cell immunotherapies, as well as patients with tumors devoid of T cells.

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This work is a significant and actionable advance, as it offers a novel approach to treating patients with cancer who do not respond to T-cell checkpoint inhibitors, as well as to patients with tumors lacking T-cell infiltration. We expect that this mechanism will be applicable in multiple indications characterized by infiltration of TAMs."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier"doi:10.1158/2767-9764.crc-22-0513"xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Nguyen P.A."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Rooney K."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Vollmann E.H."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Novobrantseva T.I."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Ries C."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Zafari M."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Feldman I."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Kauffman K."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Brehm M."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Manfra D."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Nowakowska D."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"O'Nuallain B."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Culyba E.K."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Phennicie R."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Wahle J."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Basinski S."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Komoroski V."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Sazinsky S."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/date"2023"xsd:gYear
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/name"Cancer Res Commun"xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/pages"2182-2194"xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/37819238http://purl.uniprot.org/core/title"PSGL-1 Blockade Induces Classical Activation of Human Tumor-associated Macrophages."xsd:string