CD47-blocking immunotherapies stimulate macrophage-mediated destruction of small-cell lung cancer.
Weiskopf, K., Jahchan, N.S., Schnorr, P.J., Cristea, S., Ring, A.M., Maute, R.L., Volkmer, A.K., Volkmer, J.P., Liu, J., Lim, J.S., Yang, D., Seitz, G., Nguyen, T., Wu, D., Jude, K., Guerston, H., Barkal, A., Trapani, F., George, J., Poirier, J.T., Gardner, E.E., Miles, L.A., de Stanchina, E., Lofgren, S.M., Vogel, H., Winslow, M.M., Dive, C., Thomas, R.K., Rudin, C.M., van de Rijn, M., Majeti, R., Garcia, K.C., Weissman, I.L., Sage, J.(2016) J Clin Invest 126: 2610-2620
- PubMed: 27294525 
- DOI: 10.1172/JCI81603
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5IWL - PubMed Abstract: 
Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly aggressive subtype of lung cancer with limited treatment options. CD47 is a cell-surface molecule that promotes immune evasion by engaging signal-regulatory protein alpha (SIRPα), which serves as an inhibitor ...