Lymphatic vessels in the age of cancer immunotherapy

T Karakousi, T Mudianto, AW Lund - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Lymphatic transport maintains homeostatic health and is necessary for immune surveillance,
and yet lymphatic growth is often associated with solid tumour development and …

Atypical chemokine receptors in the immune system

I Comerford, SR McColl - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
Leukocyte migration is a fundamental component of innate and adaptive immune responses
as it governs the recruitment and localization of these motile cells, which is crucial for …

[HTML][HTML] Dendritic cells and CCR7 expression: an important factor for autoimmune diseases, chronic inflammation, and cancer

EP Brandum, AS Jørgensen, MM Rosenkilde… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chemotactic cytokines—chemokines—control immune cell migration in the process of
initiation and resolution of inflammatory conditions as part of the body's defense system …

Engineering metal-based hydrogel-mediated tertiary lymphoid structure formation via activation of the STING pathway for enhanced immunotherapy

XK **, JL Liang, SM Zhang, P Ji, QX Huang… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) primarily constructed by multiple immune cells can
effectively enhance tumor immune responses, but expediting the formation of TLSs is still an …

Lessons of vascular specialization from secondary lymphoid organ lymphatic endothelial cells

S Arroz-Madeira, T Bekkhus, MH Ulvmar… - Circulation …, 2023 - ahajournals.org
Secondary lymphoid organs, such as lymph nodes, harbor highly specialized and
compartmentalized niches. These niches are optimized to facilitate the encounter of naive …

Lymph node lymphatic endothelial cells as multifaceted gatekeepers in the immune system

A Takeda, M Salmi, S Jalkanen - Trends in Immunology, 2023 - cell.com
Single-cell technologies have recently allowed the identification of multiple lymphatic
endothelial cell (LEC) subsets in subcapsular, paracortical, medullary, and other lymph …

Lymph‐node‐targeted drug delivery for effective immunomodulation to prolong the long‐term survival after heart transplantation

YJ Che, XH Ren, ZW Wang, Q Wu, K **ng… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The chronic rejection responses and side effects of the systematic administration of
immunosuppressants are the main obstacles to heart allograft and patient survival. The …

Mechanosensitive ACKR4 scavenges CCR7 chemokines to facilitate T cell de-adhesion and passive transport by flow in inflamed afferent lymphatics

MC Friess, I Kritikos, P Schineis, JD Medina-Sanchez… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
T cell migration via afferent lymphatics to draining lymph nodes (dLNs) depends on
expression of CCR7 in T cells and CCL21 in the lymphatic vasculature. Once T cells have …

Prospects for targeting ACKR1 in cancer and other diseases

KS Crawford, BF Volkman - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The chemokine network is comprised of a family of signal proteins that encode messages for
cells displaying chemokine G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). The diversity of effects on …

Display of CCL21 on cancer cell membrane through genetic modification using a pH low insertion peptide

S Li, Y Wang, H Jiang, Y Bai, T Chen, M Chen… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
CCL21, a secondary lymphoid tissue chemokine, plays an important role in generating an
effective anti-tumor immune response. In this study, a genetically modified CCL21 was …