A decade of checkpoint blockade immunotherapy in melanoma: understanding the molecular basis for immune sensitivity and resistance

AC Huang, R Zappasodi - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Ten years since the immune checkpoint inhibitor ipilimumab was approved for advanced
melanoma, it is time to reflect on the lessons learned regarding modulation of the immune …

Immunotherapy combination approaches: mechanisms, biomarkers and clinical observations

LH Butterfield, YG Najjar - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
The approval of the first immune checkpoint inhibitors provided a paradigm shift for the
treatment of malignancies across a broad range of indications. Whereas initially, single …

[HTML][HTML] Lymph node colonization induces tumor-immune tolerance to promote distant metastasis

NE Reticker-Flynn, W Zhang, JA Belk, PA Basto… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
For many solid malignancies, lymph node (LN) involvement represents a harbinger of
distant metastatic disease and, therefore, an important prognostic factor. Beyond its utility as …

Tumor abnormality-oriented nanomedicine design

Q Zhou, J Xiang, N Qiu, Y Wang, Y Piao, S Shao… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Anticancer nanomedicines have been proven effective in mitigating the side effects of
chemotherapeutic drugs. However, challenges remain in augmenting their therapeutic …

Signal pathways of melanoma and targeted therapy

W Guo, H Wang, C Li - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Melanoma is the most lethal skin cancer that originates from the malignant transformation of
melanocytes. Although melanoma has long been regarded as a cancerous malignancy with …

Multiplexed imaging mass cytometry of the chemokine milieus in melanoma characterizes features of the response to immunotherapy

T Hoch, D Schulz, N Eling, JM Gómez… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Intratumoral immune cells are crucial for tumor control and antitumor responses during
immunotherapy. Immune cell trafficking into tumors is mediated by binding of specific …

Roles of IFN-γ in tumor progression and regression: a review

D Jorgovanovic, M Song, L Wang, Y Zhang - Biomarker research, 2020 - Springer
Background Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) plays a key role in activation of cellular immunity and
subsequently, stimulation of antitumor immune-response. Based on its cytostatic, pro …

The PD-1-and LAG-3-targeting bispecific molecule tebotelimab in solid tumors and hematologic cancers: a phase 1 trial

JJ Luke, MR Patel, GR Blumenschein, E Hamilton… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Tebotelimab, a bispecific PD-1× LAG-3 DART molecule that blocks both PD-1 and LAG-3,
was investigated for clinical safety and activity in a phase 1 dose-escalation and cohort …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodal analysis of composition and spatial architecture in human squamous cell carcinoma

AL Ji, AJ Rubin, K Thrane, S Jiang, DL Reynolds… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
To define the cellular composition and architecture of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
(cSCC), we combined single-cell RNA sequencing with spatial transcriptomics and …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-associated high endothelial venules mediate lymphocyte entry into tumors and predict response to PD-1 plus CTLA-4 combination immunotherapy

A Asrir, C Tardiveau, J Coudert, R Laffont, L Blanchard… - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Recruitment of lymphocytes into tumors is critical for anti-tumor immunity and efficacious
immunotherapy. We show in murine models that tumor-associated high endothelial venules …