Positive impact of autophagy in human breast cancer cells on local immunosurveillance

Sylvain Ladoire, David Enot, Laura Senovilla, Marie Chaix, Laurence Zitvogel, Guido Kroemer

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    Abstract

    In human breast cancer cells, the presence of cytoplasmic dots positive for microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3B (LC3B) indicates enhanced autophagic flux and favorable prognosis. LC3B+ puncta within malignant cells positively correlate with the intratumoral abundance of CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes, yet negatively correlate with the frequency of local FOXP3+ regulatory T cells and CD68+ tumor-associated macrophages, resulting in an improvement of CD8+/FOXP+ or CD8+/CD68+ ratios.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article numbere1174801
    JournalOncoImmunology
    Volume5
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2 Jun 2016

    Keywords

    • Autophagy
    • LC3
    • Treg cells
    • breast cancer
    • lymphocytes
    • macrophages

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