Smac mimetics LCL161 and GDC-0152 inhibit osteosarcoma growth and metastasis in mice.
Tanmay M ShekharIngrid J G BurvenichMichael A HarrisAngela RigopoulosDamien ZankerAlex SpurlingBelinda S ParkerCarl R WalkleyAndrew M ScottChristine J HawkinsPublished in: BMC cancer (2019)
These data imply that Smac mimetics can cooperate with TNFα secreted by tumor-associated immune cells to kill osteosarcoma cells in vivo. Smac mimetics may therefore benefit osteosarcoma patients whose tumors contain Smac mimetic-responsive cancer cells and TNFα-producing infiltrating cells.