Tertiary lymphoid structures and B cells: An intratumoral immunity cycle

WH Fridman, M Meylan, G Pupier, A Calvez… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
The generation of anti-tumor immunity in the draining lymph nodes is known as the cancer
immunity cycle. Accumulating evidence supports the occurrence of such a cycle at tumor …

B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures as determinants of tumour immune contexture and clinical outcome

WH Fridman, M Meylan, F Petitprez, CM Sun… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
B cells are a major component of the tumour microenvironment, where they are
predominantly associated with tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS). In germinal centres within …

[HTML][HTML] Tertiary lymphoid structures generate and propagate anti-tumor antibody-producing plasma cells in renal cell cancer

M Meylan, F Petitprez, E Becht, A Bougoüin, G Pupier… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
The presence of intratumoral tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) is associated with positive
clinical outcomes and responses to immunotherapy in cancer. Here, we used spatial …

Tertiary lymphoid structures in cancer

TN Schumacher, DS Thommen - Science, 2022 - science.org
BACKGROUND Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) are organized aggregates of immune
cells that form postnatally in nonlymphoid tissues. TLSs are not found under physiological …

A blueprint for tumor-infiltrating B cells across human cancers

J Ma, Y Wu, L Ma, X Yang, T Zhang, G Song, T Li… - Science, 2024 - science.org
B lymphocytes are essential mediators of humoral immunity and play multiple roles in
human cancer. To decode the functions of tumor-infiltrating B cells, we generated a B cell …

B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures promote immunotherapy response

BA Helmink, SM Reddy, J Gao, S Zhang, R Basar… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment with immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has revolutionized cancer
therapy. Until now, predictive biomarkers,,,,,,,,–and strategies to augment clinical response …

B cells are associated with survival and immunotherapy response in sarcoma

F Petitprez, A de Reyniès, EZ Keung, TWW Chen… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Soft-tissue sarcomas represent a heterogeneous group of cancer, with more than 50
histological subtypes,. The clinical presentation of patients with different subtypes is often …

B cell signatures and tertiary lymphoid structures contribute to outcome in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

AT Ruffin, AR Cillo, T Tabib, A Liu, S Onkar… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Current immunotherapy paradigms aim to reinvigorate CD8+ T cells, but the contribution of
humoral immunity to antitumor immunity remains understudied. Here, we demonstrate that in …

Tertiary lymphoid structures in anticancer immunity

JL Teillaud, A Houel, M Panouillot, C Riffard… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) are transient ectopic lymphoid aggregates where
adaptive antitumour cellular and humoral responses can be elaborated. Initially described in …

[HTML][HTML] Neoantigen-driven B cell and CD4 T follicular helper cell collaboration promotes anti-tumor CD8 T cell responses

C Cui, J Wang, E Fagerberg, PM Chen, KA Connolly… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Summary CD4 T follicular helper (TFH) cells support B cells, which are critical for germinal
center (GC) formation, but the importance of TFH-B cell interactions in cancer is unclear. We …