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Originally published online as doi:10.1189/jlb.0705358 on October 4, 2005

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(Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 2005;78:1043-1051.)
© 2005 by Society for Leukocyte Biology

Interleukin-10 and the immune response against cancer: a counterpoint

Simone Mocellin*,1, Francesco M. Marincola{dagger} and Howard A. Young{ddagger}

* Department of Oncological & Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy;
{dagger} Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; and
{ddagger} Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland

1Correspondence: Department of Oncological & Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2, 35128 Padova, Italy. E-mail: mocellins{at}hotmail.com

Although interleukin-10 (IL-10) is commonly regarded as an anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive cytokine that favors tumor escape from immune surveillance, a wealth of evidence is accumulating that IL-10 also possesses some immunostimulating properties. In fact, IL-10 has the pleiotropic ability of influencing positively and negatively the function of innate and adaptive immunity in different experimental models, which makes it questionable to merely categorize this cytokine as a target of anti-immune escape therapeutic strategies or rather, as an immunological adjuvant in the fight against cancer. Here, we review available data about the immunostimulating anticancer properties of IL-10, and in particular, we focus on the hypothesis that in contrast to what occurs in secondary lymphoid organs, IL-10 overexpression within the tumor microenvironment may catalyze cancer immune rejection.

Key Words: tumor-infiltrating macrophages • natural killer cell • tumor-associated antigen • tumor immunology • cytokine




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