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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Genet Syndr Gene Ther. 2011 Sep 26;2(2):1000105. doi: 10.4172/2157-7412.1000105

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Model for radiosensitization of tumors by CD47 blockade. Radiation of tumors induces expression or surface exposure of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMP) that can lead to phagocytic clearance by macrophages of killing by cytotoxic cells. High expression of CD47 on tumor cells limits this clearance. Suppression of CD47 by morpholino treatment removes this “don’t eat me” signal and allows destruction of irradiated tumor cells by macrophages or NK cells.