REPROGRAMMING IMMUNE ENVIRONMENT IN BREAST CANCER VIA DENDRITIC CELLS

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13611976

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Compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer disclosed herein. The method of the present invention comprises administration of compositions comprising β-glucan, a natural ligand for dectin-1, to block OX40L expression on tumor associated mDCs by blocking STAT6 phosphorylation. The β-glucan-treated mDCs secrete higher levels of IL-12p70 and do not expand TNFα and IL-13-producing CD4+ T cells, further resulting in inhibition of Th2 responses. Thus, compositions disclosed herein reprogram the function of mDCs in breast tumor microenvironment and turn tumor promoting Th2-type chronic inflammation into Th1-type acute inflammation that are able to reject tumors. The present invention finds particular uses for the intratumoral administration of the composition thereby directly binding to and directing a Th1-type acute inflammation.

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BAYLOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE3434 LIVE OAK STREET DALLAS TX 75204

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Banchereau, Jacques F Montclair, US 94 1559
Marches, Florentina Dallas, US 1 0
Oh, SangKon Baltimore, US 47 553
Palucka, Anna Karolina Dallas, US 35 230
Wu, Te-Chia Dallas, US 1 0
Yu, Chun Dallas, US 100 1701

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