The clinical impact of HPV tumor status upon head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

E Benson, R Li, D Eisele, C Fakhry - Oral oncology, 2014 - Elsevier
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is etiologically responsible for a distinct subset of head and
neck squamous cell cancers (HNSCCs). HPV-positive HNSCCs (HPV-HNSCCs) most …

Immune suppression in head and neck cancers: a review

A Duray, S Demoulin, P Hubert… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) are the sixth most common cancer in
the world. Despite significant advances in the treatment modalities involving surgery …

PD-1–expressing tumor-infiltrating T cells are a favorable prognostic biomarker in HPV-associated head and neck cancer

C Badoual, S Hans, N Merillon, C Van Ryswick… - Cancer research, 2013 - AACR
Head and neck cancers positive for human papillomavirus (HPV) have a more favorable
clinical outcome than HPV-negative cancers, but it is unknown why this is the case. We …

An oncolytic virus–delivered tgfβ Inhibitor overcomes the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment

K DePeaux, DB Rivadeneira, K Lontos… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
While checkpoint blockade immunotherapies have widespread success, they rely on a
responsive immune infiltrate; as such, treatments enhancing immune infiltration and …

During early stages of cancer, neutrophils initiate anti-tumor immune responses in tumor-draining lymph nodes

E Pylaeva, G Korschunow, I Spyra, S Bordbari… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Tumor-draining lymph nodes (LNs) play a crucial role during cancer spread and in initiation
of anti-cancer adaptive immunity. Neutrophils form a substantial population of cells in LNs …

Syngeneic animal models of tobacco-associated oral cancer reveal the activity of in situ anti-CTLA-4

Z Wang, VH Wu, MM Allevato, M Gilardi, Y He… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth most common cancer
worldwide. Tobacco use is the main risk factor for HNSCC, and tobacco-associated …

APOBEC3A functions as a restriction factor of human papillomavirus

CJ Warren, T Xu, K Guo, LM Griffin, JA Westrich… - Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are small DNA viruses causally associated with benign
warts and multiple cancers, including cervical and head-and-neck cancers. While the vast …

Targeting interferon signaling and CTLA-4 enhance the therapeutic efficacy of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in preclinical model of HPV+ oral cancer

S Dorta-Estremera, VL Hegde, RB Slay, R Sun… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2019 - Springer
Background The US is experiencing an epidemic of HPV+ oropharyngeal cancers (OPC),
the rates and burden of which now exceed that for cervical cancer. Immunotherapy targeting …

[HTML][HTML] Activated STING enhances Tregs infiltration in the HPV-related carcinogenesis of tongue squamous cells via the c-jun/CCL22 signal

D Liang, H **ao-Feng, D Guan-Jun, H Er-Ling… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
The negative role of the activated stimulator of IFN genes (STING) has been uncovered in
autoinflammatory disease and cancer. However, the role of STING in virus-related …

Mouse tumor-bearing models as preclinical study platforms for oral squamous cell carcinoma

Q Li, H Dong, G Yang, Y Song, Y Mou, Y Ni - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Preclinical animal models of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) have been extensively
studied in recent years. Investigating the pathogenesis and potential therapeutic strategies …