Clinical relevance of tumour-associated macrophages

MJ Pittet, O Michielin, D Migliorini - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2022 - nature.com
In the past decade, substantial advances have been made in understanding the biology of
tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs), and their clinical relevance is emerging. A …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor immunotherapies by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); the pros and cons

A Naimi, RN Mohammed, A Raji, S Chupradit… - Cell communication and …, 2022 - Springer
The main breakthrough in tumor immunotherapy was the discovery of immune checkpoint
(IC) proteins, which act as a potent suppressor of the immune system by a myriad of …

[HTML][HTML] Key chemokines direct migration of immune cells in solid tumors

K Kohli, VG Pillarisetty, TS Kim - Cancer gene therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Immune cell infiltration into solid tumors, their movement within the tumor microenvironment
(TME), and interaction with other immune cells are controlled by their directed migration …

Multidisciplinary standards of care and recent progress in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

AJ Grossberg, LC Chu, CR Deig… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite tremendous gains in the molecular understanding of exocrine pancreatic cancer,
the prognosis for this disease remains very poor, largely because of delayed disease …

[HTML][HTML] Combination therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); a new frontier

S Vafaei, AO Zekiy, RA Khanamir, BA Zaman… - Cancer Cell …, 2022 - Springer
Recently, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) therapy has become a promising therapeutic
strategy with encouraging therapeutic outcomes due to their durable anti-tumor effects …

[HTML][HTML] The biology of lactoferrin, an iron-binding protein that can help defend against viruses and bacteria

DB Kell, EL Heyden, E Pretorius - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Lactoferrin is a nutrient classically found in mammalian milk. It binds iron and is transferred
via a variety of receptors into and between cells, serum, bile, and cerebrospinal fluid. It has …

BL-8040, a CXCR4 antagonist, in combination with pembrolizumab and chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer: the COMBAT trial

B Bockorny, V Semenisty, T Macarulla, E Borazanci… - Nature Medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) inhibitors have limited effect in pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC), underscoring the need to co-target alternative pathways. CXC …

How chemokines organize the tumour microenvironment

TR Mempel, JK Lill, LM Altenburger - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
For our immune system to contain or eliminate malignant solid tumours, both myeloid and
lymphoid haematopoietic cells must not only extravasate from the bloodstream into the …

Blockade of interleukin 10 potentiates antitumour immune function in human colorectal cancer liver metastases

KM Sullivan, X Jiang, P Guha, C Lausted, JA Carter… - Gut, 2023 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) checkpoint inhibition and adoptive
cellular therapy have had limited success in patients with microsatellite stable colorectal …

Regulation and modulation of antitumor immunity in pancreatic cancer

J Leinwand, G Miller - Nature immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma carries a dismal prognosis, and outcomes have
improved little with modern therapeutics. Checkpoint-based immunotherapy has failed to …