Roles of tumor-associated macrophages in anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy for solid cancers

H Zhang, L Liu, J Liu, P Dang, S Hu, W Yuan, Z Sun… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, tumor immunotherapy has made significant progress. However, tumor
immunotherapy, particularly immune checkpoint inhibitors (eg, PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors) …

Cigarette smoke exposure and alveolar macrophages: mechanisms for lung disease

ST Lugg, A Scott, D Parekh, B Naidu, DR Thickett - Thorax, 2022 - thorax.bmj.com
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. It causes chronic
lung disease and predisposes individuals to acute lung injury and pulmonary infection …

Oncolytic viruses engineered to enforce cholesterol efflux restore tumor-associated macrophage phagocytosis and anti-tumor immunity in glioblastoma

S Wang, W Yan, L Kong, S Zuo, J Wu, C Zhu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The codependency of cholesterol metabolism sustains the malignant progression of
glioblastoma (GBM) and effective therapeutics remain scarce. In orthotopic GBM models in …

EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer and resistance to immunotherapy: role of the tumor microenvironment

C Madeddu, C Donisi, N Liscia, E Lai… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. About 10–30% of
patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harbor mutations of the EGFR gene. The …

Tumor‐Specific Photothermal‐Therapy‐Assisted Immunomodulation via Multiresponsive Adjuvant Nanoparticles

T Liu, M Zhu, X Chang, X Tang, P Yuan… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multiresponsive adjuvant nanoparticles (RMmAGL) are fabricated to perform tumor‐specific
photothermal therapy while regulating the behavior of tumor‐associated immune cells for …

Ginseng-derived nanoparticles potentiate immune checkpoint antibody efficacy by reprogramming the cold tumor microenvironment

X Han, Q Wei, Y Lv, L Weng, H Huang, Q Wei, M Li… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
Cold tumor microenvironment (TME) marked with low effector T cell infiltration leads to weak
response to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment. Thus, switching cold to hot TME is …

[HTML][HTML] CXCL9-expressing tumor-associated macrophages: new players in the fight against cancer

PM Marcovecchio, G Thomas… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are among the main contributors to immune
suppression in the tumor microenvironment, however, TAM depletion strategies have …

[HTML][HTML] Intratumoral combination therapy with poly (I: C) and resiquimod synergistically triggers tumor-associated macrophages for effective systemic antitumoral …

C Anfray, F Mainini, E Digifico, A Maeda… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) play a key immunosuppressive role
that limits the ability of the immune system to fight cancer and hinder the antitumoral efficacy …

Drug delivery strategy in hepatocellular carcinoma therapy

S Yang, C Cai, H Wang, X Ma, A Shao, J Sheng… - Cell Communication and …, 2022 - Springer
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors worldwide,
with high rates of recurrence and death. Surgical resection and ablation therapy have limited …

Spatially variant immune infiltration scoring in human cancer tissues

M Allam, T Hu, J Lee, J Aldrich, SS Badve… - NPJ Precision …, 2022 - nature.com
The Immunoscore is a method to quantify the immune cell infiltration within cancers to
predict the disease prognosis. Previous immune profiling approaches relied on limited …