B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures: friends or foes in cancer immunotherapy?

M Lauss, M Donia, IM Svane, G Jönsson - Clinical cancer research, 2022 - AACR
Tumor cells pose a challenge to the adaptive immune system, and its key cell types, T and B
cells, have frequently been associated with an improved prognosis. The success of immune …

Targeting the TNF and TNFR superfamilies in autoimmune disease and cancer

M Croft, S Salek-Ardakani, CF Ware - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
The first anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) monoclonal antibody, infliximab (Remicade),
celebrated its 25th anniversary of FDA approval in 2023. Inhibitors of TNF have since proved …

Tertiary lymphoid structures as mediators of immunotherapy response

RG Vaghjiani, JJ Skitzki - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) are anatomic entities that are similar to,
but distinct from, secondary lymphoid structures (eg, lymph nodes) that allow for a host's own …

Biomaterials for enhanced immunotherapy

N Cunningham, R Lapointe, S Lerouge - APL bioengineering, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Cancer immunotherapies have revolutionized the treatment of numerous cancers, with
exciting results often superior to conventional treatments, such as surgery and …

Cancer immunotherapy using bioengineered micro/nano structured hydrogels

E Askari, M Shokrollahi Barough… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels, a class of materials with a 3D network structure, are widely used in various
applications of therapeutic delivery, particularly cancer therapy. Micro and nanogels as …

Tertiary lymphoid structural heterogeneity determines tumour immunity and prospects for clinical application

Y Zhang, M Xu, Y Ren, Y Ba, S Liu, A Zuo, H Xu… - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) are clusters of immune cells that resemble and function
similarly to secondary lymphoid organs (SLOs). While TLS is generally associated with an …

Human B cells mediate innate anti-cancer cytotoxicity through concurrent engagement of multiple TNF superfamily ligands

BM Janjic, A Kulkarni, RL Ferris, L Vujanovic… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The essential innate immunity effector cells, natural killer and dendritic cells, express
multiple plasma membrane-associated tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily (TNFSF) …

Tertiary lymphoid structures and their association to immune phenotypes and circulatory IL2 levels in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

A Ahmed, S Köhler, R Klotz, N Giese, T Hackert… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is usually unresponsive to immunotherapeutic
approaches. However, tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) are associated with favorable …

Biomaterial engineering strategies for B cell immunity modulations

A Zareein, M Mahmoudi, SS Jadhav, JR Wilmore… - Biomaterials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
B cell immunity has a penetrating effect on human health and diseases. Therapeutics aiming
to modulate B cell immunity have achieved remarkable success in combating infections …

Tertiary lymphoid structures in the central nervous system: implications for glioblastoma

T Van de Walle, A Vaccaro, M Ramachandran… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive brain tumor, which is uniformly lethal due
to its extreme invasiveness and the absence of curative therapies. Immune checkpoint …