CRISPR in cancer biology and therapy

A Katti, BJ Diaz, CM Caragine, NE Sanjana… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Over the past decade, CRISPR has become as much a verb as it is an acronym,
transforming biomedical research and providing entirely new approaches for dissecting all …

Turning cold into hot: firing up the tumor microenvironment

Q Duan, H Zhang, J Zheng, L Zhang - Trends in cancer, 2020 - cell.com
Cancers develop within complex tissue environments consisting of diverse innate and
adaptive immune cells, along with stromal cells, vascular networks, and many other cellular …

Epigenetic silencing by SETDB1 suppresses tumour intrinsic immunogenicity

GK Griffin, J Wu, A Iracheta-Vellve, JC Patti, J Hsu… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Epigenetic dysregulation is a defining feature of tumorigenesis that is implicated in immune
escape,. Here, to identify factors that modulate the immune sensitivity of cancer cells, we …

Targeting IRG1 reverses the immunosuppressive function of tumor-associated macrophages and enhances cancer immunotherapy

YJ Chen, GN Li, XJ Li, LX Wei, MJ Fu, ZL Cheng… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Immune-responsive gene 1 (IRG1) encodes aconitate decarboxylase (ACOD1) that
catalyzes the production of itaconic acids (ITAs). The anti-inflammatory function of IRG1/ITA …

The intratumor mycobiome promotes lung cancer progression via myeloid-derived suppressor cells

NN Liu, CX Yi, LQ Wei, JA Zhou, T Jiang, CC Hu… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Although polymorphic microbiomes have emerged as hallmarks of cancer, far less is known
about the role of the intratumor mycobiome as living microorganisms in cancer progression …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-associated macrophages: potential therapeutic strategies and future prospects in cancer

C Li, X Xu, S Wei, P Jiang, L Xue… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Macrophages are the most important phagocytes in vivo. However, the tumor
microenvironment can affect the function and polarization of macrophages and form tumor …

Next frontier in tumor immunotherapy: macrophage-mediated immune evasion

Y Qiu, T Chen, R Hu, R Zhu, C Li, Y Ruan, X Xie… - Biomarker research, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), at the core of immunosuppressive cells
and cytokines networks, play a crucial role in tumor immune evasion. Increasing evidences …

In vivo CRISPR screens identify the E3 ligase Cop1 as a modulator of macrophage infiltration and cancer immunotherapy target

X Wang, C Tokheim, SS Gu, B Wang, Q Tang, Y Li… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Despite remarkable clinical efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) in cancer
treatment, ICB benefits for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remain limited. Through …

CRISPR screens for functional interrogation of immunity

H Shi, JG Doench, H Chi - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
CRISPR-based technologies represent a major breakthrough in biomedical science as they
offer a powerful platform for unbiased screening and functional genomics in various fields …

Epigenetic and transcriptional control of the epidermal growth factor receptor regulates the tumor immune microenvironment in pancreatic cancer

J Li, S Yuan, RJ Norgard, F Yan, YH Sun, IK Kim… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Although immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer care, patients with pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDA) rarely respond to these treatments, a failure that is attributed to poor …