Immune cells within the tumor microenvironment: Biological functions and roles in cancer immunotherapy

X Lei, Y Lei, JK Li, WX Du, RG Li, J Yang, J Li, F Li… - Cancer letters, 2020 - Elsevier
The immune cells within the tumor microenvironment (TME) play important roles in
tumorigenesis. It has been known that these tumor associated immune cells may possess …

The new era of cancer immunotherapy: targeting myeloid-derived suppressor cells to overcome immune evasion

P De Cicco, G Ercolano, A Ianaro - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Suppression of antitumor immune responses is one of the main mechanisms by which tumor
cells escape from destruction by the immune system. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells …

Mechanisms of cancer resistance to immunotherapy

R Bai, N Chen, L Li, N Du, L Bai, Z Lv, H Tian… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Over the last decade, based on the extensive development of preclinical animal studies and
clinical trials, the efficacy, and mechanisms of immunotherapy have been fully explored …

Genetics and biology of prostate cancer

G Wang, D Zhao, DJ Spring… - Genes & …, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Despite the high long-term survival in localized prostate cancer, metastatic prostate cancer
remains largely incurable even after intensive multimodal therapy. The lethality of advanced …

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells hinder the anti-cancer activity of immune checkpoint inhibitors

R Weber, V Fleming, X Hu, V Nagibin, C Groth… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) used for cancer immunotherapy were shown to boost the
existing anti-tumor immune response by preventing the inhibition of T cells by tumor cells …

Lymphatic-preserving treatment sequencing with immune checkpoint inhibition unleashes cDC1-dependent antitumor immunity in HNSCC

R Saddawi-Konefka, A O'Farrell, F Faraji… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the promise of immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI), therapeutic responses remain
limited. This raises the possibility that standard of care treatments delivered in concert may …

Inhibition of MDSC trafficking with SX-682, a CXCR1/2 inhibitor, enhances NK-cell immunotherapy in head and neck cancer models

S Greene, Y Robbins, WK Mydlarz, AP Huynh… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Natural killer (NK)-cell–based immunotherapy may overcome obstacles to
effective T-cell–based immunotherapy such as the presence of genomic alterations in IFN …

Papillomavirus immune evasion strategies target the infected cell and the local immune system

C Zhou, ZK Tuong, IH Frazer - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Persistent infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) initiates~ 5% of all human cancers,
and particularly cervical and oropharyngeal cancers. HPV vaccines prevent HPV infection …

Approaches to treat immune hot, altered and cold tumours with combination immunotherapies

J Galon, D Bruni - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Immunotherapies are the most rapidly growing drug class and have a major impact in
oncology and on human health. It is increasingly clear that the effectiveness of …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibiting myeloid-derived suppressor cell trafficking enhances T cell immunotherapy

L Sun, PE Clavijo, Y Robbins, P Patel, J Friedman… - JCI insight, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recruitment of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) into tumors induces local
immunosuppression in carcinomas. Here, we assessed whether SX-682, an orally …