[HTML][HTML] The evolving tumor microenvironment: From cancer initiation to metastatic outgrowth

KE De Visser, JA Joyce - Cancer cell, 2023‏ - cell.com
Cancers represent complex ecosystems comprising tumor cells and a multitude of non-
cancerous cells, embedded in an altered extracellular matrix. The tumor microenvironment …

Mechanisms driving the immunoregulatory function of cancer cells

A van Weverwijk, KE de Visser - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023‏ - nature.com
Tumours display an astonishing variation in the spatial distribution, composition and
activation state of immune cells, which impacts their progression and response to …

An integrated cell atlas of the lung in health and disease

L Sikkema, C Ramírez-Suástegui, DC Strobl… - Nature medicine, 2023‏ - nature.com
Single-cell technologies have transformed our understanding of human tissues. Yet, studies
typically capture only a limited number of donors and disagree on cell type definitions …

Personalized neoantigen vaccine and pembrolizumab in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase 1/2 trial

M Yarchoan, EJ Gane, TU Marron, R Perales-Linares… - Nature medicine, 2024‏ - nature.com
Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) inhibitors have modest efficacy as a monotherapy
in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A personalized therapeutic cancer vaccine (PTCV) may …

Cross-tissue immune cell analysis reveals tissue-specific features in humans

C Domínguez Conde, C Xu, LB Jarvis, DB Rainbow… - Science, 2022‏ - science.org
Despite their crucial role in health and disease, our knowledge of immune cells within
human tissues remains limited. We surveyed the immune compartment of 16 tissues from 12 …

Pan-cancer single-cell landscape of tumor-infiltrating T cells

L Zheng, S Qin, W Si, A Wang, B **ng, R Gao, X Ren… - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
INTRODUCTION Cancer immunotherapies that target tumor-specific T cells have benefited
many cancer patients, but the clinical efficacy varies greatly among different cancer types …

Spatiotemporal immune landscape of colorectal cancer liver metastasis at single-cell level

Y Wu, S Yang, J Ma, Z Chen, G Song, D Rao… - Cancer …, 2022‏ - aacrjournals.org
Liver metastasis, the leading cause of colorectal cancer mortality, exhibits a highly
heterogeneous and suppressive immune microenvironment. Here, we sequenced 97 …

Harnessing the potential of CAR-T cell therapy: progress, challenges, and future directions in hematological and solid tumor treatments

G Dagar, A Gupta, T Masoodi, S Nisar, M Merhi… - Journal of translational …, 2023‏ - Springer
Traditional cancer treatments use nonspecific drugs and monoclonal antibodies to target
tumor cells. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy, however, leverages the immune …

Tissue adaptation and clonal segregation of human memory T cells in barrier sites

MML Poon, DP Caron, Z Wang, SB Wells, D Chen… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
T lymphocytes migrate to barrier sites after exposure to pathogens, providing localized
immunity and long-term protection. Here, we obtained blood and tissues from human organ …

[HTML][HTML] A human brain vascular atlas reveals diverse mediators of Alzheimer's risk

AC Yang, RT Vest, F Kern, DP Lee, M Agam, CA Maat… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
The human brain vasculature is of great medical importance: its dysfunction causes
disability and death, and the specialized structure it forms—the blood–brain barrier …