Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and their prognostic value in cutaneous melanoma

F Maibach, H Sadozai, SM Seyed Jafari… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Recent breakthroughs in tumor immunotherapy such as immune checkpoint blockade (ICB)
antibodies, have demonstrated the capacity of the immune system to fight cancer in a …

Role of patient-derived models of cancer in translational oncology

KF Idrisova, HU Simon, MO Gomzikova - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary It was found that long-established tumor-derived cell lines do not
adequately reproduce drug sensitivity and behavior of a real human cancers. Therefore …

Quantitative systems pharmacology approaches for immuno‐oncology: adding virtual patients to the development paradigm

V Chelliah, G Lazarou, S Bhatnagar… - Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Drug development in oncology commonly exploits the tools of molecular biology to gain
therapeutic benefit through reprograming of cellular responses. In immuno‐oncology (IO) …

[HTML][HTML] Mathematical modeling and bifurcation analysis of pro-and anti-tumor macrophages

Y Shu, J Huang, Y Dong, Y Takeuchi - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2020 - Elsevier
More and more evidences show that macrophages can induce both pro-tumor and anti-
tumor effects. The study on genetically engineered macrophages to kill tumor cells has …

Mathematical investigation of innate immune responses to lung cancer: The role of macrophages with mixed phenotypes

R Eftimie, C Barelle - Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Macrophages' role in the evolution of solid tumours is a well accepted fact, with the M1-like
macrophages having an anti-tumour role and the M2-like macrophages having a pro-tumour …

[HTML][HTML] Fractional-order pro-tumor and anti-tumor macrophages model: Dynamical analysis and optimal control

A Elsonbaty, AA Elsadany - Partial Differential Equations in Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of new techniques for anti-cancer therapy has become a very active area
of research in recent years. One of the promising directions of anti-cancer therapy aims at …

Tumour-associated macrophages and oncolytic virotherapies: a mathematical investigation into a complex dynamics

R Eftimie, G Eftimie - Letters in Biomathematics, 2018 - discovery.dundee.ac.uk
Anti-cancer therapies based on oncolytic viruses are emerging as important approaches in
cancer treatment. However, the effectiveness of these therapies depends significantly on the …

[HTML][HTML] Lymphocyte T Subsets and Outcome of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Melanoma Patients: An Oncologist's Perspective on Current Knowledge

C Martínez-Vila, EA González-Navarro… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Melanoma is the most aggressive and deadly form of skin cancer, and its incidence has
been steadily increasing over the past few decades, particularly in the Caucasian …

Mathematical investigation into the role of macrophage heterogeneity on the temporal and spatio-temporal dynamics of non-small cell lung cancers

L Bartha, R Eftimie - Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer, and
represents the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Experimental studies …

A kinetic theory approach for modelling tumour and macrophages heterogeneity and plasticity during cancer progression

R Eftimie, L Gibelli - Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied …, 2020 - World Scientific
The heterogeneity and plasticity of macrophages have become a topic of great interest, due
to their role in various diseases ranging from cancer to bacterial infections. While initial …