Interleukins and associated cytokines serve as the means of communication for innate and adaptive immune cells as well as non-immune cells and tissues. Thus, interleukins have a critical role in cancer development, progression and control. Interleukins can nurture an environment enabling and favouring cancer growth while simultaneously being essential for a productive tumour-directed immune response. These properties of interleukins can be exploited to improve immunotherapies to promote effectiveness as well as to limit side effects. This Review aims to unravel some of these complex interactions.
Institute(s)Unit for Clinical Pharmacology (KKG-EKLiP)
GrantsJose Carreras Foundation Hector foundation Melanoma Research Alliance grant Else Kroner-Fresenius-Stiftung German Cancer Aid international doctoral programme i Target: Immunotargeting of Cancer - Elite Network of Bavaria Ernst-Jung-Stiftung LMU Munich's institutional strategy LMU excellent within German Excellence Initiative Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung Project Oncoattract European Research Council grant German Research Foundation Fritz Bender Foundation Bavarian Ministry of Economical Affairs Marie Skodowska-Curie Programme Training Network for the Immunotherapy of Cancer and Training Network for Optimizing Adoptive T Cell Therapy of Cancer - Horizon 2020 programme of the European Union