Histamine antagonists promote cancer immunosurveillance

Peng Liu, Guido Kroemer, Oliver Kepp

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    Abstract

    Recently, a cellular mini-immune system comprising infinitely expandable dendritic cells and T cells led to the discovery that histamine receptor H1 antagonists act on T cells to stimulate their proliferation and polarization toward a Th1/Tc1 phenotype and to increase their anticancer activity in the context of immunochemotherapy.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number2242211
    JournalOncoImmunology
    Volume12
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2023

    Keywords

    • cancer
    • cell death
    • immunotherapy

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