Tumor-Derived Retinoic Acid Regulates Intratumoral Monocyte Differentiation to Promote Immune Suppression

Samir Devalaraja, Tsun Ki Jerrick To, Ian W. Folkert, Ramakrishnan Natesan, Md Zahidul Alam, Minghong Li, Yuma Tada, Konstantin Budagyan, Mai T. Dang, Li Zhai, Graham P. Lobel, Gabrielle E. Ciotti, T. S.Karin Eisinger-Mathason, Irfan A. Asangani, Kristy Weber, M. Celeste Simon, Malay Haldar

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Abstract

Tumor cells evade immune responses by producing high levels of retinoic acid, which directs intratumoral monocytes to differentiate into immunosuppressive macrophages rather than immunostimulatory dendritic cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1098-1114.e16
JournalCell
Volume180
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 19 2020

Keywords

  • dendritic cell
  • immune checkpoint blockade
  • immune evasion
  • macrophage
  • monocyte
  • retinoic acid
  • tumor microenvironment

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