α2 アドレナゲン受容体の活性化によって引き起こされる腫瘍の免疫拒絶

Jingjing Zhu1,2,3, Stefan Naulaerts4,5, Loubna Boudhan4,5,6

  • 1Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels, Belgium. jingjng.zhu@uclouvain.be.

Nature
|June 7, 2023
PubMed
まとめ

アルファ2アドレナゲン受容体 (α2-AR) のアゴニストは,免疫チェックポイントの阻害に抵抗するがんでも,単独療法として強力な抗腫瘍活性を示しています. これらの発見はα2-ARアゴニストががん免疫療法の有効性を高める可能性があることを示唆しています.

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