Turning cold tumors hot: from molecular mechanisms to clinical applications

J Zhang, D Huang, PE Saw, E Song - Trends in immunology, 2022 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapies have achieved clinical benefit, but most
'immune-cold'solid tumors are not responsive. The diversity of immune evasion mechanisms …

Mechanisms driving the immunoregulatory function of cancer cells

A van Weverwijk, KE de Visser - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Tumours display an astonishing variation in the spatial distribution, composition and
activation state of immune cells, which impacts their progression and response to …

Pembrolizumab versus chemotherapy for microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair-deficient metastatic colorectal cancer (KEYNOTE-177): final analysis of a …

LA Diaz, KK Shiu, TW Kim, BV Jensen… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Pembrolizumab has shown improved progression-free survival versus
chemotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed microsatellite instability-high or mismatch …

Therapeutic targeting of tumour myeloid cells

ST Barry, DI Gabrilovich, OJ Sansom… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Myeloid cells are pivotal within the immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment. The
accumulation of tumour-modified myeloid cells derived from monocytes or neutrophils …

Targeting the DNA damage response in immuno-oncology: developments and opportunities

RM Chabanon, M Rouanne, CJ Lord, JC Soria… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment and substantially improved patient
outcome with regard to multiple tumour types. However, most patients still do not benefit …

Multifaceted functions of STING in human health and disease: from molecular mechanism to targeted strategy

Z Zhang, H Zhou, X Ouyang, Y Dong… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Since the discovery of Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) as an important pivot for
cytosolic DNA sensation and interferon (IFN) induction, intensive efforts have been …

Determinants of response and intrinsic resistance to PD-1 blockade in microsatellite instability–high gastric cancer

M Kwon, M An, SJ Klempner, H Lee, KM Kim, JK Sa… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Sequence alterations in microsatellites and an elevated mutational burden are observed in
20% of gastric cancers and associated with clinical response to anti–PD-1 antibodies …

The complementarity of DDR, nucleic acids and anti-tumour immunity

AVR Kornepati, CM Rogers, P Sung, TJ Curiel - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) immunotherapy is a first-line treatment for selected
cancers, yet the mechanisms of its efficacy remain incompletely understood. Furthermore …

MLH1 deficiency-triggered DNA hyperexcision by exonuclease 1 activates the cGAS-STING pathway

J Guan, C Lu, Q Jin, H Lu, X Chen, L Tian, Y Zhang… - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
Tumors with defective mismatch repair (dMMR) are responsive to immunotherapy because
of dMMR-induced neoantigens and activation of the cGAS-STING pathway. While …

[HTML][HTML] MPS1 inhibition primes immunogenicity of KRAS-LKB1 mutant lung cancer

S Kitajima, T Tani, BF Springer, M Campisi, T Osaki… - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
KRAS-LKB1 (KL) mutant lung cancers silence STING owing to intrinsic mitochondrial
dysfunction, resulting in T cell exclusion and resistance to programmed cell death (ligand) 1 …