Pyridoxal kinase and poly(ADP-ribose) affect the immune microenvironment of locally advanced cancers

Adrien Joseph, Juncheng Pan, Judith Michels, Guido Kroemer, Maria Castedo

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    Abstract

    Malignant cells adapt to the hostile tumor microenvironment by escaping from, or actively suppressing, anticancer immune responses. In the past, we reported that reduced synthesis of active vitamin B6 (due to downregulation of pyridoxal kinase) or overactivation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase confers resistance to chemotherapy with cisplatin. Recently, we found that these prognostically adverse alterations in oncometabolism also correlate with the rarefaction of immune effectors in the tumor bed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number1950954
    JournalOncoImmunology
    Volume10
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2021

    Keywords

    • CD8+ T cells
    • Tumor microenvironment
    • cervical cancer
    • dendritic cells
    • immune escape
    • immunotherapy
    • metabolism
    • non-small cell lung cancer
    • survival
    • vitamin B

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