Exploiting innate immunity for cancer immunotherapy

M Yi, T Li, M Niu, Q Mei, B Zhao, Q Chu, Z Dai, K Wu - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Immunotherapies have revolutionized the treatment paradigms of various types of cancers.
However, most of these immunomodulatory strategies focus on harnessing adaptive …

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells as immunosuppressive regulators and therapeutic targets in cancer

K Li, H Shi, B Zhang, X Ou, Q Ma, Y Chen… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are a heterogenic population of immature
myeloid cells with immunosuppressive effects, which undergo massive expansion during …

Immunosuppressive cells in cancer: mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets

Y Tie, F Tang, Y Wei, X Wei - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2022 - Springer
Immunotherapies like the adoptive transfer of gene-engineered T cells and immune
checkpoint inhibitors are novel therapeutic modalities for advanced cancers. However, some …

Harnessing nanomedicine to overcome the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment

B Sun, H Hyun, L Li, AZ Wang - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapy has received extensive attention due to its ability to activate the
innate or adaptive immune systems of patients to combat tumors. Despite a few clinical …

Mechanism of immune evasion in breast cancer

M Wang, C Zhang, Y Song, Z Wang, Y Wang… - OncoTargets and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignant tumor among women, with high morbidity
and mortality. Its onset, development, metastasis, and prognosis vary among individuals due …

Combined adjuvant of poly I: C improves antitumor effects of CAR-T cells

S Di, M Zhou, Z Pan, R Sun, M Chen, H Jiang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Chimeric antigen receptor modified T cells (CAR-T) therapy is an emerging immunotherapy
against malignancies. However, only limited success was obtained in solid tumors …

Durvalumab and tremelimumab with or without stereotactic body radiation therapy in relapsed small cell lung cancer: a randomized phase II study

S Pakkala, K Higgins, Z Chen, G Sica… - Journal for …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) targeting programmed cell death protein 1
and cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein 4 has achieved modest clinical activity as …

Suppression of T cells by myeloid-derived suppressor cells in cancer

J Chen, Y Ye, P Liu, W Yu, F Wei, H Li, J Yu - Human immunology, 2017 - Elsevier
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are a population of immature myeloid cells
defined by their immunosuppression. Elevated levels of certain soluble cytokines in tumor …

Cancer-associated myeloid regulatory cells

Y De Vlaeminck, A González-Rascón… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Myeloid cells are critically involved in the pathophysiology of cancers. In the tumor
microenvironment (TME), they comprise tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), neutrophils …

TLR2 agonist promotes myeloid-derived suppressor cell polarization via Runx1 in hepatocellular carcinoma

S Li, F Li, L Xu, X Liu, X Zhu, W Gao, X Shen - International …, 2022 - Elsevier
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) play a critical role in maintaining the tumor
immune microenvironment; thus, the promotion of MDSC polarization will improve …