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 …

Tumour-infiltrating B cells: immunological mechanisms, clinical impact and therapeutic opportunities

CM Laumont, AC Banville, M Gilardi, DP Hollern… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Although immunotherapy research to date has focused largely on T cells, there is mounting
evidence that tumour-infiltrating B cells and plasma cells (collectively referred to as tumour …

STING-induced regulatory B cells compromise NK function in cancer immunity

S Li, B Mirlekar, BM Johnson, WJ Brickey, JA Wrobel… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
An immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment is a major obstacle in the control of
pancreatic and other solid cancers,–. Agonists of the stimulator of interferon g enes (STING) …

B cell function in the tumor microenvironment

SM Downs-Canner, J Meier, BG Vincent… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a heterogeneous, complex organization composed of
tumor, stroma, and endothelial cells that is characterized by cross talk between tumor and …

IL-12 family cytokines in cancer and immunotherapy

B Mirlekar, Y Pylayeva-Gupta - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The IL-12 family cytokines play an important role in regulating the tumor
immune contexture. Recent efforts geared towards the development of better immune …

Tumor promoting roles of IL-10, TGF-β, IL-4, and IL-35: Its implications in cancer immunotherapy

B Mirlekar - SAGE open medicine, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Cytokines play a critical role in regulating host immune response toward cancer and
determining the overall fate of tumorigenesis. The tumor microenvironment is dominated …

Regulation and modulation of antitumor immunity in pancreatic cancer

J Leinwand, G Miller - Nature immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma carries a dismal prognosis, and outcomes have
improved little with modern therapeutics. Checkpoint-based immunotherapy has failed to …

Tertiary lymphoid structures in diseases: immune mechanisms and therapeutic advances

L Zhao, S **, S Wang, Z Zhang, X Wang… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) are defined as lymphoid aggregates formed in non-
hematopoietic organs under pathological conditions. Similar to secondary lymphoid organs …

B cells in the tumor microenvironment: Multi-faceted organizers, regulators, and effectors of anti-tumor immunity

CM Laumont, BH Nelson - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Our understanding of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) is rapidly expanding beyond T cell-
centric perspectives to include B cells and plasma cells, collectively referred to as TIL-Bs. In …

Regulatory B cells in cancer

D Michaud, CR Steward, B Mirlekar… - Immunological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tumorigenesis proceeds through discrete steps where acquisition of genetic lesions and
changes in the surrounding microenvironment combine to drive unrestricted neoplastic …