Identification of neoantigens for individualized therapeutic cancer vaccines

F Lang, B Schrörs, M Löwer, Ö Türeci… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Somatic mutations in cancer cells can generate tumour-specific neoepitopes, which are
recognized by autologous T cells in the host. As neoepitopes are not subject to central …

Top 10 challenges in cancer immunotherapy

PS Hegde, DS Chen - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Cancer immunotherapy is a validated and critically important approach for treating patients
with cancer. Given the vast research and clinical investigation efforts dedicated to advancing …

Co-inhibition of TIGIT and PD-1/PD-L1 in cancer immunotherapy: mechanisms and clinical trials

X Chu, W Tian, Z Wang, J Zhang, R Zhou - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Over the past decade, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have emerged as a revolutionary
cancer treatment modality, offering long-lasting responses and survival benefits for a …

ATR-mediated CD47 and PD-L1 up-regulation restricts radiotherapy-induced immune priming and abscopal responses in colorectal cancer

RCE Hsieh, S Krishnan, RC Wu, AR Boda, A Liu… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Radiotherapy (RT) of colorectal cancer (CRC) can prime adaptive immunity against tumor-
associated antigen (TAA)–expressing CRC cells systemically. However, abscopal tumor …

T cell dysfunction in cancer

DS Thommen, TN Schumacher - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
Therapeutic reinvigoration of tumor-specific T cells has greatly improved clinical outcome in
cancer. Nevertheless, many patients still do not achieve durable benefit. Recent evidence …

Targeting TREM2 on tumor-associated macrophages enhances immunotherapy

M Binnewies, JL Pollack, J Rudolph, S Dash… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Converting checkpoint inhibitor (CPI)-resistant individuals to being responsive requires
identifying suppressive mechanisms. We identify TREM2+ tumor-associated macrophages …

KRAS-IRF2 axis drives immune suppression and immune therapy resistance in colorectal cancer

W Liao, MJ Overman, AT Boutin, X Shang, DI Zhao… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
The biological functions and mechanisms of oncogenic KRAS G12D (KRAS∗) in resistance
to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy are not fully understood. We demonstrate that …

T cell dysfunction in cancer immunity and immunotherapy

A Xia, Y Zhang, J Xu, T Yin, XJ Lu - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In cancer, T cells become dysfunctional owing to persistent antigen exposure. Dysfunctional
T cells are characterized by reduced proliferative capacity, decreased effector function, and …

Mouse models for cancer immunotherapy research

B Olson, Y Li, Y Lin, ET Liu, A Patnaik - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer therapy, largely attributed to the success of
immune-checkpoint blockade. However, there are subsets of patients across multiple …

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 …