Registered report: The CD47-signal regulated protein alpha (SIRPa) interaction is a therapeutic target for human solid tumors

Abstract

The Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology seeks to address growing concerns about reproducibility in scientific research by conducting replications of 50 papers in the field of cancer biology published between 2010 and 2012. This Registered report describes the proposed replication plan of key experiments from ‘The CD47-signal regulatory protein alpha (SIRPa) interaction is a therapeutic target for human solid tumors’ by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="bib17">Willingham et al., 2012</xref>, published in PNAS in 2012. The key experiments being replicated are those reported in Figure 6A–C and Table S4. In these experiments, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="bib17">Willingham et al., 2012</xref> test the safety and efficacy of anti-CD47 antibody treatment in immune competent mice utilizing a syngeneic model of mammary tumor growth in FVB mice. The Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology is a collaboration between the Center for Open Science and Science Exchange, and the results of the replications will be published in eLife.