Significance
Overall, these data describe a potent and novel mechanism of action of antibodies that block mouse or human CD39, triggering an eATP-P2X7-inflammasome-IL18 axis that reduces intratumor macrophage number, enhances intratumor T-cell effector function, overcomes anti-PD-1 resistance, and potentially enhances the efficacy of adoptive T-cell transfer.This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 1631.