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 …

How chemokines organize the tumour microenvironment

TR Mempel, JK Lill, LM Altenburger - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
For our immune system to contain or eliminate malignant solid tumours, both myeloid and
lymphoid haematopoietic cells must not only extravasate from the bloodstream into the …

CXCR3 expression in regulatory T cells drives interactions with type I dendritic cells in tumors to restrict CD8+ T cell antitumor immunity

MAM Ayala, TF Campbell, C Zhang, N Dahan… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Infiltration of regulatory T (Treg) cells, an immunosuppressive population of CD4+ T cells,
into solid cancers represents a barrier to cancer immunotherapy. Chemokine receptors are …

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 …

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 …

Adaptive immune resistance at the tumour site: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

TK Kim, EN Vandsemb, RS Herbst… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Tumours employ various tactics to adapt and eventually resist immune attack. These
mechanisms are collectively called adaptive immune resistance (AIR). The first defined and …

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 …

Molecular signatures of antitumor neoantigen-reactive T cells from metastatic human cancers

FJ Lowery, S Krishna, R Yossef, NB Parikh, PD Chatani… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The accurate identification of antitumor T cell receptors (TCRs) represents a major challenge
for the engineering of cell-based cancer immunotherapies. By map** 55 neoantigen …

Pembrolizumab in soft-tissue sarcomas with tertiary lymphoid structures: a phase 2 PEMBROSARC trial cohort

A Italiano, A Bessede, M Pulido, E Bompas… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) show limited clinical activity in patients with advanced
soft-tissue sarcomas (STSs). Retrospective analysis suggests that intratumoral tertiary …