Therapeutic targets and biomarkers of tumor immunotherapy: response versus non-response

DR Wang, XL Wu, YL Sun - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Cancers are highly complex diseases that are characterized by not only the overgrowth of
malignant cells but also an altered immune response. The inhibition and reprogramming of …

Therapeutic targeting of tumour myeloid cells

ST Barry, DI Gabrilovich, OJ Sansom… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Myeloid cells are pivotal within the immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment. The
accumulation of tumour-modified myeloid cells derived from monocytes or neutrophils …

Clinical relevance of tumour-associated macrophages

MJ Pittet, O Michielin, D Migliorini - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2022 - nature.com
In the past decade, substantial advances have been made in understanding the biology of
tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs), and their clinical relevance is emerging. A …

Exploiting innate immunity for cancer immunotherapy

M Yi, T Li, M Niu, Q Mei, B Zhao, Q Chu, Z Dai, K Wu - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Immunotherapies have revolutionized the treatment paradigms of various types of cancers.
However, most of these immunomodulatory strategies focus on harnessing adaptive …

Emerging phagocytosis checkpoints in cancer immunotherapy

Y Liu, Y Wang, Y Yang, L Weng, Q Wu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapy, mainly including immune checkpoints-targeted therapy and the
adoptive transfer of engineered immune cells, has revolutionized the oncology landscape as …

Drugging the efferocytosis process: concepts and opportunities

P Mehrotra, KS Ravichandran - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2022 - nature.com
The daily removal of billions of apoptotic cells in the human body via the process of
efferocytosis is essential for homeostasis. To allow for this continuous efferocytosis, rapid …

Immune checkpoint modulators in cancer immunotherapy: recent advances and emerging concepts

Y Wang, H Zhang, C Liu, Z Wang, W Wu… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
The discovery of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has now been universally
acknowledged as a significant breakthrough in tumor therapy after the targeted treatment of …

Neutrophils in cancer carcinogenesis and metastasis

S **ong, L Dong, L Cheng - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2021 - Springer
In recent years, neutrophils have attracted increasing attention because of their cancer-
promoting effects. An elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is considered a prognostic …

Translational advances in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma therapy

AN Hosein, SK Dougan, AJ Aguirre, A Maitra - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive cancer that is most frequently
detected at advanced stages, limiting treatment options to systemic chemotherapy with …

Tumor microenvironment as a therapeutic target in cancer

Y **ao, D Yu - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Tumor microenvironment denotes the non-cancerous cells and components presented in
the tumor, including molecules produced and released by them. The constant interactions …