VISTA is an inhibitory immune checkpoint that is increased after ipilimumab therapy in patients with prostate cancer.
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| Abstract | 
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              To date, anti-CTLA-4 (ipilimumab) or anti-PD-1 (nivolumab) monotherapy has not been demonstrated to be of substantial clinical benefit in patients with prostate cancer. To identify additional immune-inhibitory pathways in the prostate-tumor microenvironment, we evaluated untreated and ipilimumab-treated tumors from patients in a presurgical clinical trial. Levels of the PD-L1 and VISTA inhibitory molecules increased on independent subsets of macrophages in treated tumors. Our data suggest that VISTA represents another compensatory inhibitory pathway in prostate tumors after ipilimumab therapy.  | 
        
| Year of Publication | 
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              2017 
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| Journal | 
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              Nature medicine 
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| Volume | 
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              23 
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| Issue | 
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              5 
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| Number of Pages | 
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              551-555 
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| ISSN Number | 
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              1078-8956 
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| URL | 
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              http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nm.4308 
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| DOI | 
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              10.1038/nm.4308 
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| Short Title | 
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              Nat Med 
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