Interleukins in cancer: from biology to therapy

D Briukhovetska, J Dörr, S Endres, P Libby… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Interleukins and associated cytokines serve as the means of communication for innate and
adaptive immune cells as well as non-immune cells and tissues. Thus, interleukins have a …

Next generation of immune checkpoint inhibitors and beyond

JA Marin-Acevedo, EMO Kimbrough, Y Lou - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
The immune system is the core defense against cancer development and progression.
Failure of the immune system to recognize and eliminate malignant cells plays an important …

Beyond conventional immune-checkpoint inhibition—novel immunotherapies for renal cell carcinoma

DA Braun, Z Bakouny, L Hirsch, R Flippot… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2021 - nature.com
The management of advanced-stage renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has been transformed by
the development of immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Nonetheless, most patients do not …

Neutralizing IL-8 potentiates immune checkpoint blockade efficacy for glioma

H Liu, Q Zhao, L Tan, X Wu, R Huang, Y Zuo, L Chen… - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
Malignant gliomas are largely refractory to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy. To
explore the underlying immune regulators, we examine the microenvironment in glioma and …

Single-cell transcriptome profiling of the stepwise progression of head and neck cancer

JH Choi, BS Lee, JY Jang, YS Lee, HJ Kim… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) undergoes stepwise progression from
normal tissues to precancerous leukoplakia, primary HNSCC, and metastasized tumors. To …

CXCL8 in tumor biology and its implications for clinical translation

X **ong, X Liao, S Qiu, H Xu, S Zhang… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The chemokine CXCL8 has been found to play an important role in tumor progression in
recent years. CXCL8 activates multiple intracellular signaling pathways by binding to its …

Tumor-associated neutrophils in hepatocellular carcinoma pathogenesis, prognosis, and therapy

K Arvanitakis, I Mitroulis, G Germanidis - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most prevalent primary liver cancer,
accounting for> 80% of primary liver cancers worldwide. Inflammation has come to light as a …

Randomized phase II study of nivolumab with or without ipilimumab combined with stereotactic body radiotherapy for refractory metastatic pancreatic cancer …

IM Chen, JS Johansen, S Theile, JX Hjaltelin… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical benefit of nivolumab with or without ipilimumab in
combination with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in patients with refractory metastatic …

Dysregulation of immunity by cigarette smoking promotes inflammation and cancer: a review

Y Liu, L Lu, H Yang, X Wu, X Luo, J Shen, Z **ao… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Smoking is a serious global health issue. Cigarette smoking contains over 7000 different
chemicals. The main harmful components include nicotine, acrolein, aromatic hydrocarbons …

Peripheral blood-based biomarkers for immune checkpoint inhibitors

HJ An, HJ Chon, C Kim - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
As cancer immunotherapy using immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) is rapidly evolving in
clinical practice, it is necessary to identify biomarkers that will allow the selection of cancer …