Tumor-draining lymph nodes: At the crossroads of metastasis and immunity

H du Bois, TA Heim, AW Lund - Science immunology, 2021 - science.org
Early engagement of the lymphatic system by solid tumors in peripheral, nonlymphoid
tissues is a clinical hallmark of cancer and often forecasts poor prognosis. The significance …

Functions and clinical significance of mechanical tumor microenvironment: cancer cell sensing, mechanobiology and metastasis

H Zhou, M Wang, Y Zhang, Q Su, Z Xie… - Cancer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic and heterogeneous interaction between tumor cells and the surrounding
microenvironment fuels the occurrence, progression, invasion, and metastasis of solid …

[PDF][PDF] Molecular engineering of AIE luminogens for NIR-II/IIb bioimaging and surgical navigation of lymph nodes

S Song, Y Wang, Y Zhao, W Huang, F Zhang, S Zhu… - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Sentinel lymph node (SLN) imaging is vital for tumor staging and treatment decision-making,
and current methods for SLN imaging suffer from a short retention time, poor penetration …

[HTML][HTML] A phase I/Ib trial and biological correlate analysis of neoadjuvant SBRT with single-dose durvalumab in HPV-unrelated locally advanced HNSCC

LB Darragh, MM Knitz, J Hu, ET Clambey, J Backus… - Nature Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Five-year survival for human papilloma virus-unrelated head and neck squamous cell
carcinomas remain below 50%. We assessed the safety of administering combination …

Losartan controls immune checkpoint blocker-induced edema and improves survival in glioblastoma mouse models

M Datta, S Chatterjee, EM Perez… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Immune checkpoint blockers (ICBs) have failed in all phase III glioblastoma trials. Here, we
found that ICBs induce cerebral edema in some patients and mice with glioblastoma …

[HTML][HTML] Fueling sentinel node via reshaping cytotoxic T lymphocytes with a flex-patch for post-operative immuno-adjuvant therapy

B Li, G Wang, K Miao, A Zhang, L Sun, X Yu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Clinical updates suggest conserving metastatic sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) of breast
cancer (BC) patients during surgery; however, the immunoadjuvant potential of this strategy …

Intravital measurements of solid stresses in tumours reveal length-scale and microenvironmentally dependent force transmission

S Zhang, G Grifno, R Passaro, K Regan… - Nature Biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
In cancer, solid stresses impede the delivery of therapeutics to tumours and the trafficking
and tumour infiltration of immune cells. Understanding such consequences and the origin of …

The peritumor microenvironment: physics and immunity

S Zhang, K Regan, J Najera, MW Grinstaff, M Datta… - Trends in cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Cancer initiation and progression drastically alter the microenvironment at the interface
between healthy and malignant tissue. This site, termed the peritumor, bears unique …

Interstitial fluid pressure as an emerging biomarker in solid tumors

H Salavati, C Debbaut, P Pullens, W Ceelen - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2022 - Elsevier
The physical microenvironment of cancer is characterized by elevated stiffness and tissue
pressure, the main component of which is the interstitial fluid pressure (IFP). Elevated IFP is …

Mechano-modulation of T cells for cancer immunotherapy

J Hyun, SJ Kim, SD Cho, HW Kim - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy, despite its promise for future anti-cancer approach, faces significant
challenges, such as off-tumor side effects, innate or acquired resistance, and limited …