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- Title
Immunogenicity of necrotic cell death.
- Authors
Gamrekelashvili, Jaba; Greten, Tim; Korangy, Firouzeh
- Abstract
The mode of tumor cell death has significant effects on anti-tumor immunity. Although, previously it was thought that cell death is an inert effect, different investigators have clearly shown that dying tumors can attract, activate and mature professional antigen presenting cells and dendritic cells. In addition, others and we have shown that the type of tumor cell death not only controls the presence or absence of specific tumor antigens, but also can result in immunological responses ranging from immunosuppression to anti-tumor immunity. More importantly, it is possible to enhance anti-tumor immunity both in vitro and in vivo by targeting specific molecular mechanisms such as oligopeptidases and the proteasome. These studies not only extend our knowledge on basic immunological questions and the induction of anti-tumor immunity, but also have implications for all types of cancer treatments, in which rapid tumor cell death is induced. This review is a comprehensive summary of cell death and particularly necrosis and the pivotal role it plays in anti-tumor immunity.
- Subjects
CELLULAR immunity; CANCER cells; IMMUNOGENETICS; CELL death; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; DENDRITIC cells; TUMOR immunology
- Publication
Cellular & Molecular Life Sciences, 2015, Vol 72, Issue 2, p273
- ISSN
1420-682X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00018-014-1741-x