Trial watch: chemotherapy-induced immunogenic cell death in oncology

J Sprooten, RS Laureano, I Vanmeerbeek… - …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Immunogenic cell death (ICD) refers to an immunologically distinct process of regulated cell
death that activates, rather than suppresses, innate and adaptive immune responses. Such …

The cell stress and immunity cycle in cancer: toward next generation of cancer immunotherapy

RS Laureano, I Vanmeerbeek, J Sprooten… - Immunological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The cellular stress and immunity cycle is a cornerstone of organismal homeostasis. Stress
activates intracellular and intercellular communications within a tissue or organ to initiate …

Single cell dynamics of tumor specificity vs bystander activity in CD8+ T cells define the diverse immune landscapes in colorectal cancer

DM Borràs, S Verbandt, M Ausserhofer, G Sturm, J Lim… - Cell Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
CD8+ T cell activation via immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) is successful in microsatellite
instable (MSI) colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. By comparison, the success of …

The dynamic interface of genetics and immunity: toward future horizons in health & disease

AD Garg - Genes & Immunity, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the genetic basis of immunological processes and their overall dynamics
under the influence of population immunogenetics and host-microbe interactions has been …

The effector program of human CD8 T cells supports tissue remodeling

M Delacher, L Schmidleithner, M Simon… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
CD8 T lymphocytes are classically viewed as cytotoxic T cells. Whether human CD8 T cells
can, in parallel, induce a tissue regeneration program is poorly understood. Here, antigen …

Lymph node and tumor-associated PD-L1+ macrophages antagonize dendritic cell vaccines by suppressing CD8+ T cells

J Sprooten, I Vanmeerbeek, A Datsi, J Govaerts… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
Current immunotherapies provide limited benefits against T cell-depleted tumors, calling for
therapeutic innovation. Using multi-omics integration of cancer patient data, we predict a …

Neoadjuvant immunotherapy for patients with dMMR/MSI-high gastrointestinal cancers: a changing paradigm

M Ozer, CTR Vegivinti, M Syed, ME Ferrell… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have transformed the treatment of
mismatch repair-deficient (MMR-D)/microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) colorectal cancers …

A spatial architecture-embedding HLA signature to predict clinical response to immunotherapy in renal cell carcinoma

L Kinget, S Naulaerts, J Govaerts, I Vanmeerbeek… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
An important challenge in the real-world management of patients with advanced clear-cell
renal cell carcinoma (aRCC) is determining who might benefit from immune checkpoint …

Reverse translation: the key to increasing the clinical success of immunotherapy?

I Vanmeerbeek, S Naulaerts, AD Garg - Genes & Immunity, 2023 - nature.com
Therapeutic testing in animal models has been the cornerstone of translational medicine.
However, this trend is starting to change in favour of non-animal alternatives. Considering …

Targeting conserved TIM3+VISTA+ tumor-associated macrophages overcomes resistance to cancer immunotherapy

I Vanmeerbeek, S Naulaerts, J Sprooten… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Despite the success of immunotherapy, overcoming immunoresistance in cancer remains
challenging. We identified a unique niche of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) …