CD16+ fibroblasts foster a trastuzumab-refractory microenvironment that is reversed by VAV2 inhibition

X Liu, Y Lu, J Huang, Y Xing, H Dai, L Zhu, S Li, J Feng… - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The leukocyte Fcγ receptor (FcγR)-mediated response is important for the efficacy of
therapeutic antibodies; however, little is known about the role of FcγRs in other cell types …

Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Suppress CD8+ T-cell Infiltration and Confer Resistance to Immune-Checkpoint Blockade

L Jenkins, U Jungwirth, A Avgustinova, M Iravani… - Cancer research, 2022 - AACR
Immune-checkpoint blockade (ICB) promotes antitumor immune responses and can result in
durable patient benefit. However, response rates in breast cancer patients remain modest …

Chemokine switch regulated by TGF-β1 in cancer-associated fibroblast subsets determines the efficacy of chemo-immunotherapy

A Vienot, JR Pallandre, E Renaude, J Viot… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Combining immunogenic cell death-inducing chemotherapies and PD-1 blockade can
generate remarkable tumor responses. It is now well established that TGF-β1 signaling is a …

CD137 costimulation counteracts TGFβ inhibition of NK-cell antitumor function

M Cabo, S Santana-Hernández, M Costa-Garcia… - Cancer immunology …, 2021 - AACR
Enhancing natural killer (NK) cell–based cancer immunotherapy by overcoming
immunosuppression is an area of intensive research. Here, we have demonstrated that the …

Vγ9Vδ2 T cell cytotoxicity against tumor cells is enhanced by monoclonal antibody drugs—rituximab and trastuzumab

H Tokuyama, T Hagi, SR Mattarollo… - … journal of cancer, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Vγ9Vδ2 T cells exert potent cytotoxicity toward various tumor cells and adoptive
transfer of Vγ9Vδ2 T cells is an attractive proposition for cell based immunotherapy. Vγ9Vδ2 …

Trastuzumab triggers phagocytic killing of high HER2 cancer cells in vitro and in vivo by interaction with Fcγ receptors on macrophages

Y Shi, X Fan, H Deng, RJ Brezski… - The Journal of …, 2015 - journals.aai.org
Trastuzumab has been used for the treatment of HER2-overexpressing breast cancer for
more than a decade, but the mechanisms of action for the therapy are still being actively …

Targeted immunotherapy against distinct cancer-associated fibroblasts overcomes treatment resistance in refractory HER2+ breast tumors

EI Rivas, J Linares, M Zwick, A Gómez-Llonin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
About 50% of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)+ breast cancer patients do
not benefit from HER2-targeted therapy and almost 20% of them relapse after treatment …

Alternative splicing of its 5′-UTR limits CD20 mRNA translation and enables resistance to CD20-directed immunotherapies

Z Ang, L Paruzzo, KE Hayer, C Schmidt, M Torres Diz… - Blood, 2023 - ashpublications.org
Aberrant skipping of coding exons in CD19 and CD22 compromises the response to
immunotherapy in B-cell malignancies. Here, we showed that the MS4A1 gene encoding …

G-CSF-initiated myeloid cell mobilization and angiogenesis mediate tumor refractoriness to anti-VEGF therapy in mouse models

F Shojaei, X Wu, X Qu, M Kowanetz… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Recent studies suggest that tumor-associated CD11b+ Gr1+ myeloid cells contribute to
refractoriness to antiangiogenic therapy with an anti-VEGF-A antibody. However, the …

Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15)-mediated HER2 phosphorylation reduces trastuzumab sensitivity of HER2-overexpressing breast cancer cells

JP Joshi, NE Brown, SE Griner, R Nahta - Biochemical pharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
Resistance to the anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody trastuzumab is a major problem in the
treatment of HER2-overexpressing metastatic breast cancer. Growth differentiation factor 15 …