Pivotal roles of tumor‐draining lymph nodes in the abscopal effects from combined immunotherapy and radiotherapy

Z Liu, Z Yu, D Chen, V Verma, C Yuan… - Cancer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Currently, due to synergy enhancement of anti‐tumor effects and potent
stimulation of abscopal effects, combination therapy with irradiation and programmed cell …

Radiotherapy-mediated immunomodulation and anti-tumor abscopal effect combining immune checkpoint blockade

X Zhao, C Shao - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Combination of radiotherapy and immunotherapy to antagonize tumors is
one of hotspot issues currently. Immunotherapy can effectively alleviate the non-lasting …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-draining lymph node is important for a robust abscopal effect stimulated by radiotherapy

ZS Buchwald, TH Nasti, J Lee… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Radiotherapy (RT) has been shown to stimulate an antitumor immune response
in irradiated tumors as well as unirradiated distant sites (abscopal effect). Previous studies …

[HTML][HTML] Can immunostimulatory agents enhance the abscopal effect of radiotherapy?

A Levy, C Chargari, A Marabelle, JL Perfettini… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ionising radiation (IR) may harm cancer cells through a rare indirect out-of-field
phenomenon described as the abscopal effect. Increasing evidence demonstrates that …

Tumor draining lymph nodes, immune response, and radiotherapy: Towards a revisal of therapeutic principles

MI Koukourakis, A Giatromanolaki - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2022 - Elsevier
The tumor-draining lymph nodes (TDLNs) are the primary sites of the development of anti-
tumor immunity. Primary tumor irradiation promotes 'radio-vaccination'by enhancing the …

Abscopal effect of radiotherapy combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors

Y Liu, Y Dong, L Kong, F Shi, H Zhu, J Yu - Journal of hematology & …, 2018 - Springer
Radiotherapy (RT) is used routinely as a standard treatment for more than 50% of patients
with malignant tumors. The abscopal effect induced by local RT, which is considered as a …

Increased intensity lymphodepletion enhances tumor treatment efficacy of adoptively transferred tumor-specific T cells

C Wrzesinski, CM Paulos, A Kaiser… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Lymphodepletion before adoptive cell transfer (ACT)-based immunotherapies can enhance
anti-tumor responses by augmenting innate immunity, by increasing access to homeostatic …

[HTML][HTML] Radiation therapy and immunotherapy—a potential combination in cancer treatment

N Asna, A Livoff, R Batash, R Debbi, P Schaffer… - Current …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Radiation therapy (rt) is a longstanding treatment modality for cancer. In
addition, immune checkpoint blockade has been a significant development in the field of …

Host lymphodepletion augments T cell adoptive immunotherapy through enhanced intratumoral proliferation of effector cells

LX Wang, S Shu, GE Plautz - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
T-cell adoptive immunotherapy for stringent murine tumor models, such as intracranial, sc, or
advanced pulmonary metastases, routinely uses lymphodepletive conditioning regimens …

The abscopal effect in the era of cancer immunotherapy: a spontaneous synergism boosting anti-tumor immunity?

Z Hlavata, C Solinas, P De Silva, M Porcu, L Saba… - Targeted Oncology, 2018 - Springer
Radiotherapy is one of the main treatment strategies used in cancer. Aside from the local
control of the disease, which is mediated by a direct cytotoxic effect on tumor cells …