CAR-cell therapy in the era of solid tumor treatment: current challenges and emerging therapeutic advances

KM Maalej, M Merhi, VP Inchakalody, S Mestiri… - Molecular cancer, 2023‏ - Springer
In the last decade, Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has emerged as a
promising immunotherapeutic approach to fight cancers. This approach consists of …

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 …

Gut microbiota in colorectal cancer development and therapy

CC Wong, J Yu - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2023‏ - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the commonest cancers globally. A unique aspect of CRC
is its intimate association with the gut microbiota, which forms an essential part of the tumour …

The multifunctional protein HMGB1: 50 years of discovery

D Tang, R Kang, HJ Zeh, MT Lotze - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023‏ - nature.com
Fifty years since the initial discovery of HMGB1 in 1973 as a structural protein of chromatin,
HMGB1 is now known to regulate diverse biological processes depending on its subcellular …

Tumor-specific GPX4 degradation enhances ferroptosis-initiated antitumor immune response in mouse models of pancreatic cancer

J Li, J Liu, Z Zhou, R Wu, X Chen, C Yu… - Science translational …, 2023‏ - science.org
Lipid peroxidation–dependent ferroptosis has become an emerging strategy for tumor
therapy. However, current strategies not only selectively induce ferroptosis in malignant cells …

[HTML][HTML] Doxorubicin and other anthracyclines in cancers: Activity, chemoresistance and its overcoming

R Mattioli, A Ilari, B Colotti, L Mosca, F Fazi… - Molecular aspects of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Anthracyclines have been important and effective treatments against a number of cancers
since their discovery. However, their use in therapy has been complicated by severe side …

Immunogenic cell stress and death

G Kroemer, C Galassi, L Zitvogel, L Galluzzi - Nature immunology, 2022‏ - nature.com
Dying mammalian cells emit numerous signals that interact with the host to dictate the
immunological correlates of cellular stress and death. In the absence of reactive antigenic …

Metal-based photosensitizers as inducers of regulated cell death mechanisms

Y Zhang, BT Doan, G Gasser - Chemical reviews, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Over the last few decades, various forms of regulated cell death (RCD) have been
discovered and were found to improve cancer treatment. Although there are several reviews …

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells in cancer and cancer therapy

SA Lasser, FG Ozbay Kurt, I Arkhypov, J Utikal… - Nature Reviews …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Anticancer agents continue to dominate the list of newly approved drugs, approximately half
of which are immunotherapies. This trend illustrates the considerable promise of cancer …

Adaptive immune resistance at the tumour site: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

TK Kim, EN Vandsemb, RS Herbst… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Tumours employ various tactics to adapt and eventually resist immune attack. These
mechanisms are collectively called adaptive immune resistance (AIR). The first defined and …