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Review
. 2012 Dec;12(12):860-75.
doi: 10.1038/nrc3380. Epub 2012 Nov 15.

Immunogenic cell death and DAMPs in cancer therapy

Dmitri V Krysko  1 , Abhishek D Garg, Agnieszka Kaczmarek, Olga Krysko, Patrizia Agostinis, Peter Vandenabeele
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Immunogenic cell death and DAMPs in cancer therapy

Dmitri V Krysko et al. Nat Rev Cancer. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

Although it was thought that apoptotic cells, when rapidly phagocytosed, underwent a silent death that did not trigger an immune response, in recent years a new concept of immunogenic cell death (ICD) has emerged. The immunogenic characteristics of ICD are mainly mediated by damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), which include surface-exposed calreticulin (CRT), secreted ATP and released high mobility group protein B1 (HMGB1). Most DAMPs can be recognized by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). In this Review, we discuss the role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in regulating the immunogenicity of dying cancer cells and the effect of therapy-resistant cancer microevolution on ICD.

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