Cancer organoids 2.0: modelling the complexity of the tumour immune microenvironment

R Polak, ET Zhang, CJ Kuo - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
The development of neoplasia involves a complex and continuous interplay between
malignantly transformed cells and the tumour microenvironment (TME). Cancer …

The hallmarks of cancer immune evasion

C Galassi, TA Chan, I Vitale, L Galluzzi - Cancer Cell, 2024 - cell.com
According to the widely accepted" three Es" model, the host immune system eliminates
malignant cell precursors and contains microscopic neoplasms in a dynamic equilibrium …

The PTPN2/PTPN1 inhibitor ABBV-CLS-484 unleashes potent anti-tumour immunity

CK Baumgartner, H Ebrahimi-Nik, A Iracheta-Vellve… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockade is effective for some patients with cancer, but most are
refractory to current immunotherapies and new approaches are needed to overcome …

Cancer cells resistant to immune checkpoint blockade acquire interferon-associated epigenetic memory to sustain T cell dysfunction

J Qiu, B Xu, D Ye, D Ren, S Wang, JL Benci, Y Xu… - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Prolonged interferon (IFN) signaling in cancer cells can promote resistance to immune
checkpoint blockade (ICB). How cancer cells retain effects of prolonged IFN stimulation to …

LAG-3 sustains TOX expression and regulates the CD94/NKG2-Qa-1b axis to govern exhausted CD8 T cell NK receptor expression and cytotoxicity

SF Ngiow, S Manne, YJ Huang, T Azar, Z Chen… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Summary Exhausted CD8 T (T ex) cells in chronic viral infection and cancer have sustained
co-expression of inhibitory receptors (IRs). T ex cells can be reinvigorated by blocking IRs …

Glycosphingolipid synthesis mediates immune evasion in KRAS-driven cancer

M Soula, G Unlu, R Welch, A Chudnovskiy, B Uygur… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer cells frequently alter their lipids to grow and adapt to their environment,–. Despite
the critical functions of lipid metabolism in membrane physiology, signalling and energy …

Defining and using immune archetypes to classify and treat cancer

AJ Combes, B Samad, MF Krummel - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Tumours are surrounded by a host immune system that can suppress or promote tumour
growth. The tumour microenvironment (TME) has often been framed as a singular entity …

Sequential immunotherapy and targeted therapy for metastatic BRAF V600 mutated melanoma: 4-year survival and biomarkers evaluation from the phase II …

PA Ascierto, M Casula, J Bulgarelli, M Pisano… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
No prospective data were available prior to 2021 to inform selection between combination
BRAF and MEK inhibition versus dual blockade of programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) …

Cancer cell-intrinsic mechanisms driving acquired immune tolerance

E Ghorani, C Swanton, SA Quezada - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Immune evasion is a hallmark of cancer, enabling tumors to survive contact with the host
immune system and evade the cycle of immune recognition and destruction. Here, we …

CRISPR screens for functional interrogation of immunity

H Shi, JG Doench, H Chi - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
CRISPR-based technologies represent a major breakthrough in biomedical science as they
offer a powerful platform for unbiased screening and functional genomics in various fields …