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. 2000 Dec;1(6):515-20.
doi: 10.1038/82771.

NKT cell-mediated repression of tumor immunosurveillance by IL-13 and the IL-4R-STAT6 pathway

M Terabe  1 , S Matsui, N Noben-Trauth, H Chen, C Watson, D D Donaldson, D P Carbone, W E Paul, J A Berzofsky
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NKT cell-mediated repression of tumor immunosurveillance by IL-13 and the IL-4R-STAT6 pathway

M Terabe et al. Nat Immunol. 2000 Dec.

Abstract

Using a mouse model in which tumors show a growth-regression-recurrence pattern, we investigated the mechanisms for down-regulation of cytotoxic T lymphocyte-mediated tumor immunosurveillance. We found that interleukin 4 receptor (IL-4R) knockout and downstream signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (STAT6) knockout, but not IL-4 knockout, mice resisted tumor recurrence, which implicated IL-13, the only other cytokine that uses the IL-4R-STAT6 pathway. We confirmed this by IL-13 inhibitor (sIL-13R alpha 2-Fc) treatment. Loss of natural killer T cells (NKT cells) in CD1 knockout mice resulted in decreased IL-13 production and resistance to recurrence. Thus, NKT cells and IL-13, possibly produced by NKT cells and signaling through the IL-4R-STAT6 pathway, are necessary for down-regulation of tumor immunosurveillance. IL-13 inhibitors may prove to be a useful tool in cancer immunotherapy VSports手机版. .

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