Poorly immunogenic cancer cells evade host immunity and grow even in the presence of an intact immune system, but the complex mechanisms regulating tumor immunogenicity have not been understood. We have discovered an unexpected and exciting role of the Hippo intracellular pathway in suppressing immunogenicity.
Although the recent development of cancer immunotherapy raises high hope for cancer treatment, a major limitation of the current immune checkpoint blockade is the low response rate. Our observations suggest that the Hippo pathway is a new target for cancer immunotherapy since improving immunogenicity of cancer cells by inhibiting Hippo pathway is a strategy complementary to the current immunotherapy of relieving immune suppression. We aim to provide scientific bases to target the Hippo intracellular pathway for cancer immunotherapy.
東京科学大学 総合研究院
難治疾患研究所 病態制御科学研究部門
細胞動態学分野
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Division of Cellular Dynamics
Medical Research Laboratory, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo
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