Epigenetic therapies for neuroblastoma: immunogenicity awakens

The development of immunotherapies for neuroblastoma remains challenging owing to the low immunogenicity of neuroblastoma cells, as reflected by the low expression of one of the main triggers of immune recognition, the major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC‐I). Cornel et al. showed that epige...

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Main Authors: Carlos Jiménez, Lucas Moreno, Miguel F. Segura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-05-01
Series:Molecular Oncology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/1878-0261.13404
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Summary:The development of immunotherapies for neuroblastoma remains challenging owing to the low immunogenicity of neuroblastoma cells, as reflected by the low expression of one of the main triggers of immune recognition, the major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC‐I). Cornel et al. showed that epigenetic modulation of neuroblastoma cells with a histone deacetylase inhibitor can boost the expression of major histocompatibility complex class I, among other immune receptors, priming their recognition by T‐ and natural killer cells. By leveraging the developmentally related aberrant epigenetic landscapes of neuroblastoma, these discoveries pave the way to overcome a major limitation in the field of neuroblastoma immunotherapy.
ISSN:1574-7891
1878-0261