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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2026

Immuno-oncological effects of aerobic exercise combined with anti-PD-L1 antibody blockade in a murine breast cancer model.

Amirhossein Ahmadi Hekmatikar, Hamid Agha-Alinejad, Aliakbar Yousefi-Ahmadipour, Mahdieh Molanouri Shamsi, D Maryama Awang Daud

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Amirhossein Ahmadi HekmatikarDepartment of Sport Science, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Hamid Agha-AlinejadDepartment of Sport Science, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Aliakbar Yousefi-AhmadipourImmunology of Infectious Diseases Research Center, Research Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
Mahdieh Molanouri ShamsiDepartment of Sport Science, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
D Maryama Awang DaudHealth Through Exercise and Active Living (HEAL) Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Immunotherapy has emerged as a crucial approach in cancer treatment, particularly through targeting immune checkpoints such as programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and its ligand programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1). Blocking antibodies against PD-1/PD-L1 have demonstrated the potential to activate tumor-specific immune cells, particularly CD4 MATERIALS AND

methodsThirty female BALB/c mice were divided into five experimental groups: Patient control group (n=6), Exercise+induction+ control (n=6), Exercise+induction+exercise (n=6), Exercise+induction+anti-PD-L1 (n=6), and Exercise induction exercise + anti-PD-L1 (n=6). After a treadmill acclimation period, mice underwent two 6-week initial training protocols, followed by an additional 4-week protocol post-tumor induction. Following tumor induction, the PD-L1anti-PD-L1 antibody was administered. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to evaluate experimental variables.

resultsStatistical analyses showed that, relative to the PCG, mice receiving the combined intervention of EIE and EIE + A displayed higher intratumoral CD4

conclusionWithin the limits of the current design, the combination of aerobic exercise with PD-L1 immune checkpoint blockade was associated with increased tumor-infiltrating CD4

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anti-PD-L1 antibodybreast cancerCD4 and CD8physical activitytumor volume

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PMCPMC12888218

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