The tumor microenvironment: a milieu hindering and obstructing antitumor immune responses

A Labani-Motlagh, M Ashja-Mahdavi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The success of cancer immunotherapy relies on the knowledge of the tumor
microenvironment and the immune evasion mechanisms in which the tumor, stroma, and …

Immunobiology of high-grade serous ovarian cancer: lessons for clinical translation

LE Kandalaft, D Dangaj Laniti, G Coukos - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment of high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) remains challenging.
Although HGSOC can potentially be responsive to immunotherapy owing to endogenous …

Myeloid antigen-presenting cell niches sustain antitumor T cells and license PD-1 blockade via CD28 costimulation

J Duraiswamy, R Turrini, A Minasyan, D Barras… - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
The mechanisms regulating exhaustion of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) and
responsiveness to PD-1 blockade remain partly unknown. In human ovarian cancer, we …

Molecular basis and therapeutic implications of CD40/CD40L immune checkpoint

TT Tang, X Cheng, B Truong, LZ Sun, XF Yang… - Pharmacology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The CD40 receptor and its ligand CD40L is one of the most critical molecular pairs of the
stimulatory immune checkpoints. Both CD40 and CD40L have a membrane form and a …

[HTML][HTML] Design and application of oncolytic viruses for cancer immunotherapy

E Ylösmäki, V Cerullo - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Oncolytic viruses (OVs) can modulate tumour microenvironment (TME) towards
less immunosuppressive phenotype and induce anti-cancer immunity.•OVs can be used as …

CD40 stimulation as a molecular adjuvant for cancer vaccines and other immunotherapies

TNJ Bullock - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2022 - nature.com
The substantial advances attained by checkpoint blockade immunotherapies have driven an
expansion in the approaches used to promote T cell access to the tumor microenvironment …

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells in cancer immunotherapy-clinical perspectives

K Mortezaee - Life sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are heterogeneous and poorly mature cells of
innate immunity that their population is increased substantially in cancer patients. MDSCs …

CD40–CD40L in neurological disease

HD Ots, JA Tracz, KE Vinokuroff, AE Musto - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Immune-inflammatory conditions in the central nervous system (CNS) rely on molecular and
cellular interactions which are homeostatically maintained to protect neural tissue from …

Microbes mediated immunogenic cell death in cancer immunotherapy

J Huang, F Duan, C Xie, J Xu, Y Zhang… - Immunological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Immunogenic cell death (ICD) is one of the 12 distinct cell death forms, which can trigger
immune system to fight against cancer cells. During ICD, a number of cellular changes occur …

Concepts for agonistic targeting of CD40 in immuno-oncology

DM Richards, JP Sefrin, C Gieffers, O Hill… - Human vaccines & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT TNF Receptor Superfamily (TNF-R-SF) signaling is a structurally well-defined
event that requires proper receptor clustering and trimerization. While the TNF-SF ligands …