mRNA-based therapeutics: powerful and versatile tools to combat diseases

S Qin, X Tang, Y Chen, K Chen, N Fan… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The therapeutic use of messenger RNA (mRNA) has fueled great hope to combat a wide
range of incurable diseases. Recent rapid advances in biotechnology and molecular …

Cancer immunotherapy using checkpoint blockade

A Ribas, JD Wolchok - Science, 2018 - science.org
The release of negative regulators of immune activation (immune checkpoints) that limit
antitumor responses has resulted in unprecedented rates of long-lasting tumor responses in …

Top 10 challenges in cancer immunotherapy

PS Hegde, DS Chen - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Cancer immunotherapy is a validated and critically important approach for treating patients
with cancer. Given the vast research and clinical investigation efforts dedicated to advancing …

Tertiary lymphoid structures in the era of cancer immunotherapy

C Sautès-Fridman, F Petitprez, J Calderaro… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) are ectopic lymphoid organs that develop in non-
lymphoid tissues at sites of chronic inflammation including tumours. Key common …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] CD8+ T cell activation in cancer comprises an initial activation phase in lymph nodes followed by effector differentiation within the tumor

N Prokhnevska, MA Cardenas, RM Valanparambil… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Improvements in tumor immunotherapies depend on better understanding of the anti-tumor
T cell response. By studying human tumor-draining lymph nodes (TDLNs), we found that …

An intra-tumoral niche maintains and differentiates stem-like CD8 T cells

CS Jansen, N Prokhnevska, VA Master, MG Sanda… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes are associated with a survival benefit in several tumour
types and with the response to immunotherapy,,,,,,–. However, the reason some tumours …

Melanoma, melanin, and melanogenesis: The Yin and Yang relationship

RM Slominski, T Sarna, PM Płonka, C Raman… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Melanin pigment plays a critical role in the protection against the harmful effects of ultraviolet
radiation and other environmental stressors. It is produced by the enzymatic transformation …

The 2018 World Health Organization classification of cutaneous, mucosal, and uveal melanoma: detailed analysis of 9 distinct subtypes defined by their evolutionary …

DE Elder, BC Bastian, IA Cree… - … of pathology & …, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.—There have been major advances in the understanding of melanoma since the
last revision of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification in 2006. Objective.—To …

Approaches to treat immune hot, altered and cold tumours with combination immunotherapies

J Galon, D Bruni - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Immunotherapies are the most rapidly growing drug class and have a major impact in
oncology and on human health. It is increasingly clear that the effectiveness of …