Macrophage polarity in cancer: a review

M Najafi, N Hashemi Goradel… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages are the most abundant cells within the tumor stroma displaying noticeable
plasticity, which allows them to perform several functions within the tumor microenvironment …

Improving antitumor efficacy via combinatorial regimens of oncolytic virotherapy

B Zhang, P Cheng - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
As a promising therapeutic strategy, oncolytic virotherapy has shown potent anticancer
efficacy in numerous pre-clinical and clinical trials. Oncolytic viruses have the capacity for …

Killers 2.0: NK cell therapies at the forefront of cancer control

JJ Hodgins, ST Khan, MM Park… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate cytotoxic lymphocytes involved in the surveillance and
elimination of cancer. As we have learned more and more about the mechanisms NK cells …

NOTCH-induced MDSC recruitment after oHSV virotherapy in CNS cancer models modulates antitumor immunotherapy

Y Otani, JY Yoo, CT Lewis, S Chao, J Swanner… - Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Purpose: Oncolytic herpes simplex virus-1 (oHSV) infection of brain tumors activates
NOTCH, however the consequences of NOTCH on oHSV-induced immunotherapy is largely …

Current knowledge on the immune microenvironment and emerging immunotherapies in diffuse midline glioma

G Price, A Bouras, D Hambardzumyan… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Diffuse midline glioma (DMG) is an incurable malignancy with the highest mortality rate
among pediatric brain tumors. While radiotherapy and chemotherapy are the most common …

Delivery routes matter: safety and efficacy of intratumoral immunotherapy

E De Lombaerde, O De Wever, BG De Geest - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many anticancer immunotherapeutic agents, including the monoclonal immune checkpoint
blocking antibodies, toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists, cytokines and immunostimulatory …

[HTML][HTML] Current strategies to circumvent the antiviral immunity to optimize cancer virotherapy

DH Shin, T Nguyen, B Ozpolat, F Lang… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer virotherapy is a paradigm-shifting treatment modality based on virus-mediated
oncolysis and subsequent antitumor immune responses. Clinical trials of currently available …

Natural killer cells: the linchpin for successful cancer immunotherapy

KA Shaver, TJ Croom-Perez, AJ Copik - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer immunotherapy is a highly successful and rapidly evolving treatment modality that
works by augmenting the body's own immune system. While various immune stimulation …

Mesenchymal stem cells used as carrier cells of oncolytic adenovirus results in enhanced oncolytic virotherapy

KJ Mahasa, L De Pillis, R Ouifki, A Eladdadi, P Maini… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) loaded with oncolytic viruses are presently being
investigated as a new modality of advanced/metastatic tumors treatment and enhancement …

Pharmacologic inhibition of lysine-specific demethylase 1 as a therapeutic and immune-sensitization strategy in pediatric high-grade glioma

CP Bailey, M Figueroa, A Gangadharan… - Neuro …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Diffuse midline gliomas (DMG), including brainstem diffuse intrinsic pontine
glioma (DIPG), are incurable pediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGG). Mutations in the H3 …