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IL-15 enhances the anti-tumor activity of trastuzumab against breast cancer cells but causes fatal side effects in humanized tumor mice (HTM).
Oncotarget - 10 Jan 2017
Wege Anja K, Weber Florian, Kroemer Alexander, Ortmann Olaf, Nimmerjahn Falk, Brockhoff Gero
Abstract excerpt
Cancer immunotherapy has been shown to enhance established treatment regimens. We evaluated the potential reinforcing effect of IL-15 in trastuzumab treated humanized tumor mice (HTM) which were generated by concurrent transplantation of neonatal NOD-scid IL2Rγnull mice with human hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) and HER2 positive breast cancer cells (metastasizing SK-BR-3, solid tumor forming BT474).We found that...
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