CD8+ T cell differentiation and dysfunction in cancer

M Philip, A Schietinger - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
CD8+ T cells specific for cancer cells are detected within tumours. However, despite their
presence, tumours progress. The clinical success of immune checkpoint blockade and …

Tumour microenvironment of pancreatic cancer: immune landscape is dictated by molecular and histopathological features

E Karamitopoulou - British journal of cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer is a lethal disease, with fewer than 7% of patients surviving beyond 5
years following diagnosis. Immune responses are known to influence tumour progression …

Human tumor-associated macrophage and monocyte transcriptional landscapes reveal cancer-specific reprogramming, biomarkers, and therapeutic targets

L Cassetta, S Fragkogianni, AH Sims, A Swierczak… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
The roles of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and circulating monocytes in human
cancer are poorly understood. Here, we show that monocyte subpopulation distribution and …

Inflamed and non-inflamed classes of HCC: a revised immunogenomic classification

C Montironi, F Castet, PK Haber, R Pinyol… - Gut, 2023 - gut.bmj.com
Objective We previously reported a characterisation of the hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
immune contexture and described an immune-specific class. We now aim to further …

Five latent factors underlie response to immunotherapy

J Usset, A Rosendahl Huber, MA Andrianova… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Only a subset of patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) respond to the
treatment, and distinguishing responders from non-responders is a major challenge. Many …

An inflammatory response-related gene signature can impact the immune status and predict the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Z Lin, Q Xu, D Miao, F Yu - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly heterogeneous disease, which
makes the prognostic prediction challenging. As part of the active cross-talk between the …

Landscape of cancer-associated fibroblasts identifies the secreted biglycan as a protumor and immunosuppressive factor in triple-negative breast cancer

S Zheng, Y Zou, Y Tang, A Yang, JY Liang, L Wu… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are essential for tumor microenvironment remodeling
and correlate with tumor progression. However, interactions between CAFs and tumor cells …

The immune subtypes and landscape of squamous cell carcinoma

B Li, Y Cui, DK Nambiar, JB Sunwoo, R Li - Clinical Cancer Research, 2019 - AACR
Purpose: To identify immune subtypes and investigate the immune landscape of squamous
cell carcinomas (SCC), which share common etiology and histologic features. Experimental …

Cancer cell plasticity defines response to immunotherapy in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

L Lorenzo-Sanz, M Lopez-Cerda, V da Silva-Diz… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) approaches have changed the therapeutic landscape for
many tumor types. However, half of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) patients …

Somatic 9p24.1 alterations in HPV head and neck squamous cancer dictate immune microenvironment and anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor activity

X Zhao, EEW Cohen, WN William Jr… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Somatic copy number alterations (SCNAs), generally losses containing interferons and
interferon-pathway genes, many on chromosome 9p, predict immune-cold, immune …