Selectively hampered activation of lymph node-resident dendritic cells precedes profound T cell suppression and metastatic spread in the breast cancer sentinel lymph node

ConclusionThese data thus provide new insights in the mechanisms underlying loco-regional immune suppression induced by BrC and how these relate to clinical outcome. They identify the LNR-cDC subset as a pivotal regulatory node in cellular immune suppressive pathways and therefore as a promising therapeutic target to combat immune suppression and secure the induction of effective antitumor immunity, e.g. in combination with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy.  
Source: Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research