Therapeutic potential of interleukin-27 against cancers in preclinical mouse models

摘要

Since we first reported the antitumor efficacy of IL-27 in 2004, accumulating evidence obtained by several groups using a variety of preclinical mouse models indicates that IL-27 possesses potent antitumor activity against various types of tumors through multiple mechanisms depending on the characteristics of individual tumors without apparent adverse effects.