A review of spatial profiling technologies for characterizing the tumor microenvironment in immuno-oncology

B Hu, M Sajid, R Lv, L Liu, C Sun - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Interpreting the mechanisms and principles that govern gene activity and how these genes
work according to-their cellular distribution in organisms has profound implications for …

Stress granules and hormetic adaptation of cancer

A Redding, E Grabocka - Trends in Cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Cell stress is inherent to cancer and a key driver of tumorigenesis. Recent studies have
proposed that cell stress promotes tumorigenesis through non-membranous organelles …

NKG2A and HLA-E define an alternative immune checkpoint axis in bladder cancer

B Salomé, JP Sfakianos, D Ranti, J Daza, C Bieber… - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)-blockade
immunotherapies have limited efficacy in the treatment of bladder cancer. Here, we show …

Expansion sequencing: Spatially precise in situ transcriptomics in intact biological systems

S Alon, DR Goodwin, A Sinha, AT Wassie, F Chen… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Cells and tissues are made up of diverse molecular building blocks,
organized with nanoscale precision over extended length scales. Newly developed …

High-throughput multiparametric imaging flow cytometry: toward diffraction-limited sub-cellular detection and monitoring of sub-cellular processes

G Holzner, B Mateescu, D van Leeuwen, G Cereghetti… - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
We present a sheathless, microfluidic imaging flow cytometer that incorporates stroboscopic
illumination for blur-free fluorescence detection at ultra-high analytical throughput. The …

Targeted nano-drug delivery of colchicine against colon cancer cells by means of mesoporous silica nanoparticles

K AbouAitah, HA Hassan, A Swiderska-Sroda, L Gohar… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antimitotics are important anticancer agents and include the natural alkaloid prodrug
colchicine (COL). However, a major challenge of using COL as an anticancer drug is its …

Stress granule: a promising target for cancer treatment

X Gao, L Jiang, Y Gong, X Chen, M Ying… - British journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Stress granules (SGs) are primarily composed of mRNAs that stall at translation initiation
and usually appear in the cytoplasm under unusual physiological or pathological conditions …

MHC Class II antigen presentation by lymphatic endothelial cells in tumors promotes intratumoral regulatory T cell–suppressive functions

AO Gkountidi, L Garnier, J Dubrot, J Angelillo… - Cancer immunology …, 2021 - AACR
Several solid malignancies trigger lymphangiogenesis, facilitating metastasis. Tumor-
associated lymphatic vessels significantly contribute to the generation of an …

Transcriptional spatial profiling of cancer tissues in the era of immunotherapy: the potential and promise

SN Nerurkar, D Goh, CCL Cheung, PQY Nga, JCT Lim… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In recent years, immunotherapy has emerged as a pillar in the fight against
cancer. However, the heterogeneity within the tumor microenvironment poses challenges to …

Cellular and molecular regulation of the programmed death-1/programmed death ligand system and its role in multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases

J Ibañez-Vega, C Vilchez, K Jimenez, C Guevara… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Programmed Cell Death 1 (PD-1) receptor and its ligands (PD-Ls) are essential to
maintain peripheral immune tolerance and to avoid tissue damage. Consequently, altered …