Extracellular adenosine triphosphate and adenosine in cancer

J Stagg, MJ Smyth - Oncogene, 2010 - nature.com
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is actively released in the extracellular environment in
response to tissue damage and cellular stress. Through the activation of P2X and P2Y …

The biological function and significance of CD74 in immune diseases

H Su, N Na, X Zhang, Y Zhao - Inflammation Research, 2017 - Springer
Abstract CD74 (MHC class II invariant chain, Ii) is a non-polymorphic type II transmembrane
glycoprotein. It is clear that, in addition to be an MHC class II chaperone, CD74 has a …

Adenosine receptor 2A blockade increases the efficacy of anti–PD-1 through enhanced antitumor T-cell responses

PA Beavis, N Milenkovski, MA Henderson… - Cancer immunology …, 2015 - AACR
Immunotherapy is rapidly emerging as a cancer treatment with high potential. Recent clinical
trials with anti-CTLA-4 and anti–PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies (mAbs) suggest that targeting …

Targeting cancer-derived adenosine: new therapeutic approaches

A Young, D Mittal, J Stagg, MJ Smyth - Cancer discovery, 2014 - AACR
CD73 generation of immunosuppressive adenosine within the hypoxic tumor
microenvironment causes dysregulation of immune cell infiltrates, resulting in tumor …

Blockade of A2A receptors potently suppresses the metastasis of CD73+ tumors

PA Beavis, U Divisekera, C Paget… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
CD73 inhibits antitumor immunity through the activation of adenosine receptors expressed
on multiple immune subsets. CD73 also enhances tumor metastasis, although the nature of …

CD73: a potent suppressor of antitumor immune responses

PA Beavis, J Stagg, PK Darcy, MJ Smyth - Trends in immunology, 2012 - cell.com
Tumors use several strategies to evade immunosurveillance. One such mechanism is the
generation of adenosine within the tumor microenvironment, which potently suppresses …

Quantitative proteomics using SILAC: Principles, applications, and developments

X Chen, S Wei, Y Ji, X Guo, F Yang - Proteomics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
SILAC is based on direct addition of selected stable isotope amino acids into the cell culture
medium, allowing superior quantitative analysis of the cellular proteome compared to other …

Anti-CD73 antibody therapy inhibits breast tumor growth and metastasis

J Stagg, U Divisekera, N McLaughlin… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Extracellular adenosine is a potent immunosuppressor that accumulates during tumor
growth. We performed proof-of-concept studies investigating the therapeutic potential and …

Antimetastatic effects of blocking PD-1 and the adenosine A2A receptor

D Mittal, A Young, K Stannard, M Yong, MWL Teng… - Cancer research, 2014 - AACR
Adenosine targeting is an attractive new approach to cancer treatment, but no clinical study
has yet examined adenosine inhibition in oncology despite the safe clinical profile of …

Unravelling the complexity of metastasis—molecular understanding and targeted therapies

N Sethi, Y Kang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2011 - nature.com
Despite recognizing the devastating consequences of metastasis, we are not yet able to
effectively treat cancer that has spread to vital organs. The inherent complexity of genomic …