Recent advances in therapeutic strategies for triple-negative breast cancer

Y Li, H Zhang, Y Merkher, L Chen, N Liu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most malignant subtype of breast cancer (BC)
with a poor prognosis. Current treatment options are limited to surgery, adjuvant …

Immunotherapy combination approaches: mechanisms, biomarkers and clinical observations

LH Butterfield, YG Najjar - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
The approval of the first immune checkpoint inhibitors provided a paradigm shift for the
treatment of malignancies across a broad range of indications. Whereas initially, single …

Mechanisms driving the immunoregulatory function of cancer cells

A van Weverwijk, KE de Visser - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Tumours display an astonishing variation in the spatial distribution, composition and
activation state of immune cells, which impacts their progression and response to …

Doxorubicin—an agent with multiple mechanisms of anticancer activity

M Kciuk, A Gielecińska, S Mujwar, D Kołat… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Doxorubicin (DOX) constitutes the major constituent of anti-cancer treatment regimens
currently in clinical use. However, the precise mechanisms of DOX's action are not fully …

Immunogenic cell death activates the tumor immune microenvironment to boost the immunotherapy efficiency

Z Li, X Lai, S Fu, L Ren, H Cai, H Zhang, Z Gu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor immunotherapy is only effective in a fraction of patients due to a low response rate
and severe side effects, and these challenges of immunotherapy in clinics can be addressed …

Roles of tumor-associated macrophages in anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy for solid cancers

H Zhang, L Liu, J Liu, P Dang, S Hu, W Yuan, Z Sun… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, tumor immunotherapy has made significant progress. However, tumor
immunotherapy, particularly immune checkpoint inhibitors (eg, PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors) …

Autophagy in major human diseases

DJ Klionsky, G Petroni, RK Amaravadi… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Autophagy is a core molecular pathway for the preservation of cellular and organismal
homeostasis. Pharmacological and genetic interventions impairing autophagy responses …

The evasion mechanisms of cancer immunity and drug intervention in the tumor microenvironment

SK Kim, SW Cho - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recently, in the field of cancer treatment, the paradigm has changed to immunotherapy that
activates the immune system to induce cancer attacks. Among them, immune checkpoint …

Combination strategies to maximize the benefits of cancer immunotherapy

S Zhu, T Zhang, L Zheng, H Liu, W Song, D Liu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Immunotherapies such as immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) and adoptive cell therapy
(ACT) have revolutionized cancer treatment, especially in patients whose disease was …

Targeting the gut microbiota for cancer therapy

MR Fernandes, P Aggarwal, RGF Costa… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Growing evidence suggests that the gut microbiota modulates the efficacy and toxicity of
cancer therapy, most notably immunotherapy and its immune-related adverse effects. The …