Revisiting the role of CD4+ T cells in cancer immunotherapy—new insights into old paradigms

RE Tay, EK Richardson, HC Toh - Cancer gene therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapy has revolutionised cancer treatment, with immune checkpoint
blockade (ICB) therapy and adoptive cell therapy (ACT) increasingly becoming standard of …

CTLA-4 in regulatory T cells for cancer immunotherapy

N Sobhani, DR Tardiel-Cyril, A Davtyan, D Generali… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In the fight against cancer, immunotherapies have given great hope after
encouraging results in clinical investigations showing complete remission in some patients …

Nanoscale coordination polymers induce immunogenic cell death by amplifying radiation therapy mediated oxidative stress

Z Huang, Y Wang, D Yao, J Wu, Y Hu, A Yuan - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Radiation therapy can potentially induce immunogenic cell death, thereby priming anti-
tumor adaptive immune responses. However, radiation-induced systemic immune …

Exploring the emerging role of the gut microbiota and tumor microenvironment in cancer immunotherapy

Q Qiu, Y Lin, Y Ma, X Li, J Liang, Z Chen, K Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a complex ecosystem, which includes many different
types of cells, abnormal vascular systems, and immunosuppressive cytokines. TME serves …

Synthetic bacterial vesicles combined with tumour extracellular vesicles as cancer immunotherapy

KS Park, K Svennerholm, R Crescitelli… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMV) have gained attention as a promising new cancer
vaccine platform for efficiently provoking immune responses. However, OMV induce severe …

Immune evolution from preneoplasia to invasive lung adenocarcinomas and underlying molecular features

H Dejima, X Hu, R Chen, J Zhang, J Fujimoto… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The mechanism by which anti-cancer immunity shapes early carcinogenesis of lung
adenocarcinoma (ADC) is unknown. In this study, we characterize the immune contexture of …

Targeted anti‐tumor immunotherapy using tumor infiltrating cells

Y Xie, F Xie, L Zhang, X Zhou, J Huang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the tumor microenvironment, T cells, B cells, and many other cells play important and
distinct roles in anti‐tumor immunotherapy. Although the immune checkpoint blockade and …

Physical disruption of solid tumors by immunostimulatory microrobots enhances antitumor immunity

J Zhou, E Karshalev, R Mundaca‐Uribe… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The combination of immunotherapy with other forms of treatment is an emerging strategy for
boosting antitumor responses. By combining multiple modes of action, these combinatorial …

Dickkopf-1: A promising target for cancer immunotherapy

HY Chu, Z Chen, L Wang, ZK Zhang, X Tan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Clinical studies in a range of cancers have detected elevated levels of the Wnt antagonist
Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) in the serum or tumors of patients, and this was frequently associated …

The role of regulatory T cells in the pathogenesis and treatment of prostate cancer

V Karpisheh, SM Mousavi, PN Sheykholeslami, M Fathi… - Life sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite developments in the treatment of various cancers, prostate cancer is one of the
deadliest diseases known to men. Systemic therapies such as androgen deprivation …