[HTML][HTML] Conserved pan-cancer microenvironment subtypes predict response to immunotherapy

A Bagaev, N Kotlov, K Nomie, V Svekolkin, A Gafurov… - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
The clinical use of molecular targeted therapy is rapidly evolving but has primarily focused
on genomic alterations. Transcriptomic analysis offers an opportunity to dissect the …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor microenvironment: barrier or opportunity towards effective cancer therapy

A Tiwari, R Trivedi, SY Lin - Journal of biomedical science, 2022 - Springer
Tumor microenvironment (TME) is a specialized ecosystem of host components, designed
by tumor cells for successful development and metastasis of tumor. With the advent of 3D …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially organized multicellular immune hubs in human colorectal cancer

K Pelka, M Hofree, JH Chen, S Sarkizova, JD Pirl… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Immune responses to cancer are highly variable, with mismatch repair-deficient (MMRd)
tumors exhibiting more anti-tumor immunity than mismatch repair-proficient (MMRp) tumors …

The microbiome and human cancer

GD Sepich-Poore, L Zitvogel, R Straussman, J Hasty… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Historical accounts linking cancer and microbes date as early as four
millennia ago. After establishment of the germ theory of infectious diseases, clinical research …

[HTML][HTML] High tumor mutation burden fails to predict immune checkpoint blockade response across all cancer types

DJ McGrail, PG Pilié, NU Rashid, L Voorwerk… - Annals of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background High tumor mutation burden (TMB-H) has been proposed as a predictive
biomarker for response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB), largely due to the potential for …

T cell characteristics associated with toxicity to immune checkpoint blockade in patients with melanoma

AX Lozano, AA Chaudhuri, A Nene, A Bacchiocchi… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Severe immune-related adverse events (irAEs) occur in up to 60% of patients with
melanoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). However, it is unknown whether …

Intratumoral heterogeneity in cancer progression and response to immunotherapy

I Vitale, E Shema, S Loi, L Galluzzi - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Most (if not all) tumors emerge and progress under a strong evolutionary pressure imposed
by trophic, metabolic, immunological, and therapeutic factors. The relative impact of these …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting tumor-associated macrophages to synergize tumor immunotherapy

X Xiang, J Wang, D Lu, X Xu - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
The current treatment strategies in advanced malignancies remain limited. Notably,
immunotherapies have raised hope for a successful control of these advanced diseases, but …

Tumor microenvironment as a therapeutic target in cancer

Y Xiao, D Yu - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Tumor microenvironment denotes the non-cancerous cells and components presented in
the tumor, including molecules produced and released by them. The constant interactions …

[HTML][HTML] Leveraging diverse cell-death patterns to predict the prognosis and drug sensitivity of triple-negative breast cancer patients after surgery

Y Zou, J Xie, S Zheng, W Liu, Y Tang, W Tian… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Postoperative progression and chemotherapy resistance is the major cause of
treatment failure in patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Currently, there is a …