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Tumor-derived retinoic acid regulates intratumoral monocyte differentiation to promote immune suppression / Samir Devalaraja.
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Devalaraja, Samir, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immunology.
- Oncology.
- Cellular biology.
- Immunology--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Immunology.
- Local Subjects:
- Immunology.
- Oncology.
- Cellular biology.
- Immunology--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Immunology.
- Genre:
- Academic theses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (138 pages)
- Contained In:
- Dissertations Abstracts International 82-01B.
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : University of Pennsylvania ; Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2020.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- The immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) is a major barrier to immunotherapy. Within solid tumors, why monocytes preferentially differentiate into immunosuppressive tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) but not immunostimulatory dendritic cells (DCs) remains unclear. Using multiple murine sarcoma models, we found that the TME induced tumor cells to produce retinoic acid (RA), which polarized intratumoral monocyte differentiation towards TAMs and away from DCs via suppression of DC-promoting transcription factor Irf4. Genetic inhibition of RA production by tumor cells or pharmacologic inhibition of RA signaling within the TME increased stimulatory monocyte-derived cells, enhanced T cell-dependent anti-tumor immunity and demonstrated striking synergy with immune checkpoint blockade. Further, an RA responsive gene signature in human monocytes correlated with an immunosuppressive TME in multiple human tumors. RA has been long considered as an anti-cancer agent, but our work demonstrates its tumorigenic capability via myeloid-mediated immune suppression and provides proof of concept for targeting this pathway for tumor immunotherapy.
- Notes:
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-01, Section: B.
- Advisors: Haldar, Malay; Committee members: George Cotsarelis; Jorge Henao-Mejia; Gerald Linette; Anil Rustgi.
- Department: Immunology.
- Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 2020.
- Local Notes:
- School code: 0175
- ISBN:
- 9798641570808
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
- This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.
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