The kinase inhibitors dabrafenib and trametinib affect isolated immune cell populations

Oncoimmunology. 2014 Jul 3;3(7):e946367. doi: 10.4161/21624011.2014.946367. eCollection 2014.

Abstract

Metastatic melanoma is frequently fatal. Optimal treatment regimens require both rapid and durable disease control, likely best achieved by combining targeted agents with immunotherapeutics. In order to accomplish this, a detailed understanding of the immune consequences of the kinase inhibitors used to treat melanoma is required.

Keywords: BRAF; MEK; T-lymphocytes; dendritic cells; melanoma.