Biology and therapeutic targeting of vascular endothelial growth factor A

L Pérez-Gutiérrez, N Ferrara - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
The formation of new blood vessels, called angiogenesis, is an essential pathophysiological
process in which several families of regulators have been implicated. Among these, vascular …

Dendritic cell subsets in cancer immunity and tumor antigen sensing

A Del Prete, V Salvi, A Soriani, M Laffranchi… - Cellular & molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Dendritic cells (DCs) exhibit a specialized antigen-presenting function and play crucial roles
in both innate and adaptive immune responses. Due to their ability to cross-present tumor …

Systemic immunity in cancer

KJ Hiam-Galvez, BM Allen, MH Spitzer - Nature reviews cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment, but efficacy remains limited in most
clinical settings. Cancer is a systemic disease that induces many functional and …

Mitochondrial oxidative stress in the tumor microenvironment and cancer immunoescape: foe or friend?

CL Kuo, A Ponneri Babuharisankar, YC Lin… - Journal of biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
The major concept of" oxidative stress" is an excess elevated level of reactive oxygen
species (ROS) which are generated from vigorous metabolism and consumption of oxygen …

The tumor microenvironment: a milieu hindering and obstructing antitumor immune responses

A Labani-Motlagh, M Ashja-Mahdavi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The success of cancer immunotherapy relies on the knowledge of the tumor
microenvironment and the immune evasion mechanisms in which the tumor, stroma, and …

[HTML][HTML] VEGF/VEGFR-targeted therapy and immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer: targeting the tumor microenvironment

Y Zhao, S Guo, J Deng, J Shen, F Du… - … Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of death by cancer worldwide.
Despite developments in therapeutic approaches for the past few decades, the 5-year …

Enhancing immunotherapy response in melanoma: myeloid-derived suppressor cells as a therapeutic target

FGO Kurt, S Lasser, I Arkhypov, J Utikal… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Despite the remarkable success of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in melanoma
treatment, resistance to them remains a substantial clinical challenge. Myeloid-derived …

VEGF in signaling and disease: beyond discovery and development

RS Apte, DS Chen, N Ferrara - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
The discovery of vascular endothelial-derived growth factor (VEGF) has revolutionized our
understanding of vasculogenesis and angiogenesis during development and physiological …

Enhancing cancer immunotherapy using antiangiogenics: opportunities and challenges

D Fukumura, J Kloepper, Z Amoozgar… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has emerged as a major therapeutic modality in oncology. Currently,
however, the majority of patients with cancer do not derive benefit from these treatments …

Talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC): an intralesional cancer immunotherapy for advanced melanoma

PF Ferrucci, L Pala, F Conforti, E Cocorocchio - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC; IMLYGIC®, Amgen Inc.) is the first
oncolytic viral immunotherapy to be approved for the local treatment of unresectable …