Immune checkpoint therapy—current perspectives and future directions

P Sharma, S Goswami, D Raychaudhuri, BA Siddiqui… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) has dramatically altered clinical outcomes for cancer
patients and conferred durable clinical benefits, including cure in a subset of patients …

Macrophages as tools and targets in cancer therapy

A Mantovani, P Allavena, F Marchesi… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Tumour-associated macrophages are an essential component of the tumour
microenvironment and have a role in the orchestration of angiogenesis, extracellular matrix …

Next generation of immune checkpoint inhibitors and beyond

JA Marin-Acevedo, EMO Kimbrough, Y Lou - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
The immune system is the core defense against cancer development and progression.
Failure of the immune system to recognize and eliminate malignant cells plays an important …

Myeloid cell-targeted therapies for solid tumours

S Goswami, S Anandhan, D Raychaudhuri… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Myeloid cells are the most abundant immune components of the tumour microenvironment,
where they have a variety of functions, ranging from immunosuppressive to …

Neutrophil diversity and plasticity in tumour progression and therapy

S Jaillon, A Ponzetta, D Di Mitri, A Santoni… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Neutrophils play a key role in defence against infection and in the activation and regulation
of innate and adaptive immunity. In cancer, tumour-associated neutrophils (TANs) have …

Diversity, mechanisms, and significance of macrophage plasticity

M Locati, G Curtale, A Mantovani - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Macrophages are a diverse set of cells present in all body compartments. This diversity is
imprinted by their ontogenetic origin (embryonal versus adult bone marrow–derived cells); …

Lipid-associated macrophages are induced by cancer-associated fibroblasts and mediate immune suppression in breast cancer

E Timperi, P Gueguen, M Molgora, I Magagna, Y Kieffer… - Cancer research, 2022 - AACR
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) play a detrimental role in triple-negative breast
cancer (TNBC). In-depth analysis of TAM characteristics and interactions with stromal cells …

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 …

Exploiting innate immunity for cancer immunotherapy

M Yi, T Li, M Niu, Q Mei, B Zhao, Q Chu, Z Dai, K Wu - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Immunotherapies have revolutionized the treatment paradigms of various types of cancers.
However, most of these immunomodulatory strategies focus on harnessing adaptive …

Myeloid immunosuppression and immune checkpoints in the tumor microenvironment

K Nakamura, MJ Smyth - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Tumor-promoting inflammation and the avoidance of immune destruction are hallmarks of
cancer. While innate immune cells, such as neutrophils, monocytes, and macrophages, are …