Anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 therapies in cancer: mechanisms of action, efficacy, and limitations

JA Seidel, A Otsuka, K Kabashima - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Melanoma, a skin cancer associated with high mortality rates, is highly radio-and
chemotherapy resistant but can also be very immunogenic. These circumstances have led to …

Targeting the IDO1 pathway in cancer: from bench to bedside

M Liu, X Wang, L Wang, X Ma, Z Gong… - Journal of hematology & …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenases (IDO1 and IDO2) and tryptophan 2, 3-dioxygenase
(TDO) are tryptophan catabolic enzymes that catalyze the conversion of tryptophan into …

Targeting tryptophan catabolism in cancer immunotherapy era: challenges and perspectives

F Peyraud, JP Guegan, D Bodet, S Cousin… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Metabolism of tryptophan (Trp), an essential amino acid, represent a major metabolic
pathway that both promotes tumor cell intrinsic malignant properties as well as restricts …

IDO expression in cancer: different compartment, different functionality?

A Meireson, M Devos, L Brochez - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) is a cytosolic haem-containing enzyme involved in
the degradation of tryptophan to kynurenine. Although initially thought to be solely …

Characteristics of the tumor microenvironment that influence immune cell functions: hypoxia, oxidative stress, metabolic alterations

RC Augustin, GM Delgoffe, YG Najjar - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary For decades nearly all cancer patients were treated with cytotoxic
chemotherapy, killing any rapidly dividing cell in the body. More recently, researchers have …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-infiltrating mast cells stimulate ICOS+ regulatory T cells through an IL-33 and IL-2 axis to promote gastric cancer progression

Y Lv, W Tian, Y Teng, P Wang, Y Zhao, Z Li… - Journal of Advanced …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction In solid tumors, regulatory T cell (Treg) and mast cell perform different roles
depending on the microenvironment. Nevertheless, mast cell and Treg-mediated …

[HTML][HTML] NCoR1 controls immune tolerance in conventional dendritic cells by fine-tuning glycolysis and fatty acid oxidation

K Sen, R Pati, A Jha, GP Mishra, S Prusty… - Redox Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Dendritic cells (DCs) undergo rapid metabolic reprogramming to generate signal-specific
immune responses. The fine control of cellular metabolism underlying DC immune tolerance …

Granulocytes as modulators of dendritic cell function

A Breedveld, T Groot Kormelink… - Journal of leukocyte …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Effector T cell development is directly driven by APCs, in particular, by antigen‐primed
dendritic cells (DCs). Depending on the pathogenic stimulus and the microenvironment …

PD-1+ mast cell enhanced by PD-1 blocking therapy associated with resistance to immunotherapy

J Li, G Peng, K Zhu, X Jie, Y Xu, X Rao, Y Xu… - Cancer Immunology …, 2023 - Springer
Background Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) antibody has been approved for a
variety of tumors, but its effective rate is unsatisfactory. New evidence suggests that mast …

[HTML][HTML] Dendritic cells are what they eat: how their metabolism shapes T helper cell polarization

TA Patente, LR Pelgrom, B Everts - Current Opinion in Immunology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•DCs with different Th cell-polarizing properties have distinct metabolic
profiles.•Metabolic regulators mTOR, AMPK, and PPAR-γ play key roles in Th cell …