Immune checkpoint therapy—current perspectives and future directions

P Sharma, S Goswami, D Raychaudhuri, BA Siddiqui… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) has dramatically altered clinical outcomes for cancer
patients and conferred durable clinical benefits, including cure in a subset of patients …

Combination strategies with PD-1/PD-L1 blockade: current advances and future directions

M Yi, X Zheng, M Niu, S Zhu, H Ge, K Wu - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Antibodies targeting programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) or its ligand PD-L1 rescue T
cells from exhausted status and revive immune response against cancer cells. Based on the …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-resident intracellular microbiota promotes metastatic colonization in breast cancer

A Fu, B Yao, T Dong, Y Chen, J Yao, Y Liu, H Li, H Bai… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Tumor-resident intracellular microbiota is an emerging tumor component that has been
documented for a variety of cancer types with unclear biological functions. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary tryptophan metabolite released by intratumoral Lactobacillus reuteri facilitates immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment

MJ Bender, AC McPherson, CM Phelps, SP Pandey… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The use of probiotics by cancer patients is increasing, including among those undergoing
immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment. Here, we elucidate a critical microbial-host …

Targeting the gut and tumor microbiota in cancer

EM Park, M Chelvanambi, N Bhutiani, G Kroemer… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Microorganisms within the gut and other niches may contribute to carcinogenesis, as well as
shaping cancer immunosurveillance and response to immunotherapy. Our understanding of …

Resistance mechanisms to anti-PD cancer immunotherapy

MD Vesely, T Zhang, L Chen - Annual review of immunology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The transformative success of antibodies targeting the PD-1 (programmed death 1)/B7-H1
(B7 homolog 1) pathway (anti-PD therapy) has revolutionized cancer treatment. However …

Dietary fiber and probiotics influence the gut microbiome and melanoma immunotherapy response

CN Spencer, JL McQuade, V Gopalakrishnan… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Gut bacteria modulate the response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) treatment in
cancer, but the effect of diet and supplements on this interaction is not well studied. We …

Nivolumab plus ipilimumab with or without live bacterial supplementation in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a randomized phase 1 trial

N Dizman, L Meza, P Bergerot, M Alcantara, T Dorff… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Previous studies have suggested that the gut microbiome influences the response to
checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) in patients with cancer. CBM588 is a bifidogenic live bacterial …

Causal relationship between gut microbiota and cancers: a two-sample Mendelian randomisation study

Y Long, L Tang, Y Zhou, S Zhao, H Zhu - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Evidence from observational studies and clinical trials suggests that the gut
microbiota is associated with cancer. However, the causal association between gut …

Intestinal microbiota signatures of clinical response and immune-related adverse events in melanoma patients treated with anti-PD-1

JA McCulloch, D Davar, RR Rodrigues, JH Badger… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Ample evidence indicates that the gut microbiome is a tumor-extrinsic factor associated with
antitumor response to anti-programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) therapy, but …