For Whom the Cell Tolls? Intratumoral Treatment Links Innate and Adaptive Immunity

Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Feb 15;25(4):1127-1129. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-2690. Epub 2018 Sep 27.

Abstract

Intratumoral immunotherapy can potentially modulate the tumor microenvironment (TME) and potentiate the effects of concomitant or sequential systemic immunotherapies. Intratumoral administration of different Toll-like receptor agonists, including TLR4, can potentiate these effects through innate and adaptive immunity connection.See related article by Bhatia et al., p. 1185.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adaptive Immunity
  • Carcinoma, Merkel Cell*
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy
  • Skin Neoplasms*
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4
  • Tumor Microenvironment

Substances

  • TLR4 protein, human
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4