Nanocatalysts for modulating antitumor immunity: fabrication, mechanisms and applications

X Wu, Y Li, M Wen, Y Xie, K Zeng, YN Liu… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Immunotherapy harnesses the inherent immune system in the body to generate systemic
antitumor immunity, offering a promising modality for defending against cancer. However …

Innate antiviral immunity: how prior exposures can guide future responses

JA Tomalka, MS Suthar, MS Diamond, RP Sekaly - Trends in Immunology, 2022 - cell.com
Innate immunity is an intrinsic baseline defense in cells, with its earliest origins in bacteria,
and with key roles in defense against pathogens and in the activation of B and T cell …

Bypassing evolutionary dead ends and switching the rate-limiting step of a human immunotherapeutic enzyme

J Blazeck, CS Karamitros, K Ford, C Somody… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The Trp metabolite l-kynurenine (KYN) accumulates in numerous solid tumours and
mediates potent immunosuppression. Bacterial kynureninases (KYNases), which …

Oleuropein-driven reprogramming of the myeloid cell compartment to sensitise tumours to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade strategies

E Blanco, N Silva-Pilipich, A Bocanegra… - British Journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
Background Previous studies have shown that functional systemic immunity is required for
the efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 blockade immunotherapies in cancer. Hence, systemic …

Obesogenic high-fat diet and MYC cooperate to promote lactate accumulation and tumor microenvironment remodeling in prostate cancer

N Boufaied, P Chetta, T Hallal, S Cacciatore, D Lalli… - Cancer Research, 2024 - AACR
Cancer cells exhibit metabolic plasticity to meet oncogene-driven dependencies while
coping with nutrient availability. A better understanding of how systemic metabolism impacts …

Luteolin potentially treating prostate cancer and COVID-19 analyzed by the bioinformatics approach: Clinical findings and drug targets

Y Ye, Z Huang, M Chen, Y Mo, Z Mo - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a serious epidemic, characterized by potential
mutation and can bring about poor vaccine efficiency. It is evidenced that patients with …

The role of the kynurenine/AhR pathway in diseases related to metabolism and cancer

A Shadboorestan, M Koual, J Dairou… - International Journal …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a xenobiotic and endobiotic receptor, which
regulates many cellular processes from contaminant metabolism to immunomodulation …

Targeting Lin28 axis enhances glypican-3-CAR T cell efficacy against hepatic tumor initiating cell population

T Patra, DM Cunningham, K Meyer, K Toth, RB Ray… - Molecular Therapy, 2023 - cell.com
Overexpression of Lin28 is detected in various cancers with involvement in the self-renewal
process and cancer stem cell generation. In the present study, we evaluated how the Lin28 …

A2B Adenosine receptor in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: pursuing proper pit stop to interfere with disease progression

WI Effendi, T Nagano - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Purine nucleotides and nucleosides are involved in various human physiological and
pathological mechanisms. The pathological deregulation of purinergic signaling contributes …

Rapid intestinal and systemic metabolic reprogramming in an immunosuppressed environment

B Ma, SJ Gavzy, M France, Y Song, HW Lwin… - BMC microbiology, 2023 - Springer
Intrinsic metabolism shapes the immune environment associated with immune suppression
and tolerance in settings such as organ transplantation and cancer. However, little is known …