IL-17 mediates resistance to anti-VEGF therapy.

Maniati, Eleni; Hagemann, Thorsten · Nat Med · 2013

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Abstract

Interleukin-17 (IL-17) released in the tumor microenvironment in response to drugs blocking vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) triggers stromal-derived inflammatory and VEGF-independent angiogenic programs that induce the drug refractoriness found in cancers resistant to anti-angiogenic therapy.

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