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 …

Synergistic potential of immune checkpoint inhibitors and therapeutic cancer vaccines

M Oladejo, W Paulishak, L Wood - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer vaccines and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) function at different stages of the
cancer immune cycle due to their distinct mechanisms of action. Therapeutic cancer …

Tumor immune microenvironment-based therapies in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: time to update the concept

W Luo, T Wen, X Qu - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2024 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal solid tumors. The tumor
immune microenvironment (TIME) formed by interactions among cancer cells, immune cells …

Advances in immunotherapeutics in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

T Chouari, FS La Costa, N Merali, MD Jessel… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common type of
pancreatic cancer, responsible for the majority of cases and ranking seventh as a leading …

The immunological landscape in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and overcoming resistance to immunotherapy

M Hilmi, M Delaye, M Muzzolini, R Nicolle… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is associated with a poor prognosis and there are few
treatment options. The development of immunotherapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma …

Impaired function of dendritic cells within the tumor microenvironment

Z Xiao, R Wang, X Wang, H Yang, J Dong… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Dendritic cells (DCs), a class of professional antigen-presenting cells, are considered key
factors in the initiation and maintenance of anti-tumor immunity due to their powerful ability …

Potency assays and biomarkers for cell-based advanced therapy medicinal products

C Capelli, C Cuofano, C Pavoni, S Frigerio… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) based on somatic cells expanded in vitro,
with or without genetic modification, is a rapidly growing area of drug development, even …

The Tango between cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and immune cells in affecting immunotherapy efficacy in pancreatic cancer

I Stouten, N van Montfoort, LJAC Hawinkels - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The lack of response to therapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients has
contributed to PDAC having one of the lowest survival rates of all cancer types. The poor …

Innate immunity in pancreatic cancer: Lineage tracing and function

L Ye, S Shi, W Chen - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Increasingly, patients with gastrointestinal tumors can benefit from immunotherapy, but not
patients with pancreatic cancer. While this lack of benefit has been attributed to lower T-cell …

[HTML][HTML] Research progress of neoantigen-based dendritic cell vaccines in pancreatic cancer

X Zhang, Z Xu, X Dai, X Zhang, X Wang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The mutation of the crucial genes such as tumor suppressors or oncogenes plays an
important role in the initiation and development of tumors. The non-synonymous mutations …