Dual PD-1 and CTLA-4 Checkpoint Blockade Promotes Antitumor Immune Responses through CD4( )Foxp3(-) Cell-Mediated Modulation of CD103( ) Dendritic Cells

Paul A Beavis; Melissa A Henderson; Lauren Giuffrida; Alexander J Davenport; Emma V Petley; Imran G House; Junyun Lai; Kevin Sek; Nicole Milenkovski; Liza B John; Sherly Mardiana; Clare Y Slaney; Joseph A Trapani; Sherene Loi; Michael H Kershaw; Nicole M Haynes; Phillip K Darcy

Journal article

Dual PD-1 and CTLA-4 Checkpoint Blockade Promotes Antitumor Immune Responses through CD4( )Foxp3(-) Cell-Mediated Modulation of CD103( ) Dendritic Cells

Paul A Beavis, Melissa A Henderson, Lauren Giuffrida, Alexander J Davenport, Emma V Petley, Imran G House, Junyun Lai, Kevin Sek, Nicole Milenkovski, Liza B John, Sherly Mardiana, Clare Y Slaney, Joseph A Trapani, Sherene Loi, Michael H Kershaw, Nicole M Haynes, Phillip K Darcy

Cancer Immunology Research | AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-18-0291

University of Melbourne Researchers

Phillip Darcy Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Clare Slaney Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Sherene Loi Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Nicole Haynes Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Paul Beavis Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was funded by a Project and Program Grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC; grant number 1062580), a Cancer Council Victoria Project Grant (APP1084420), and a grant from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Foundation. P.A. Beavis and C.Y. Slaney are supported by National Breast Cancer Foundation Fellowships (ID# ECF-17-005 and #ECF-16-005). P.K. Darcy and M.H. Kershaw are supported by NHMRC Senior Research Fellowships (APP1041828 and APP1058388, respectively).