The tumor‐draining lymph node as an immune‐privileged site

DH Munn, AL Mellor - Immunological reviews, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Lymph nodes that lie immediately downstream of tumors [tumor‐draining lymph nodes
(TDLNs)] undergo profound alterations due to the presence of the upstream tumor. The …

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 …

Tumor-draining lymph nodes: At the crossroads of metastasis and immunity

H du Bois, TA Heim, AW Lund - Science immunology, 2021 - science.org
Early engagement of the lymphatic system by solid tumors in peripheral, nonlymphoid
tissues is a clinical hallmark of cancer and often forecasts poor prognosis. The significance …

Immune cell infiltration and tertiary lymphoid structures as determinants of antitumor immunity

VH Engelhard, AB Rodriguez, IS Mauldin… - The Journal of …, 2018 - journals.aai.org
Limited representation of intratumoral immune cells is a major barrier to tumor control.
However, simply enhancing immune responses in tumor-draining lymph nodes or through …

Lymph node metastases: the importance of the microenvironment

AD Santin - Cancer, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Although, to the authors' knowledge, no prospective randomized clinical
trial has demonstrated improvement in survival following the radical dissection of lymph …

The evolving role of lymphatics in cancer metastasis

RH Farnsworth, MG Achen, SA Stacker - Current opinion in immunology, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Tumours induce growth and remodelling of lymphatics which is linked with
metastasis.•Lymphatic vessels modulate antitumour immunity in tumours and draining lymph …

Tumor-draining lymph nodes are survival niches that support T cell priming against lymphatic transported tumor antigen and effects of immune checkpoint blockade in …

MJ O'Melia, MP Manspeaker, SN Thomas - Cancer Immunology …, 2021 - Springer
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a significant clinical problem to which
immunotherapeutic strategies have been applied with limited success. Using the syngeneic …

Tertiary lymphoid structures as hubs of antitumour immunity

G Sarti Kinker, T da Silva Medina - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
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Local targets for immune therapy to cancer: tumor draining lymph nodes and tumor microenvironment

MF Fransen, R Arens, CJM Melief - International journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, it has become apparent that immunoregulatory processes influence cancer
development. The key players in tumor progression are mainly present in the …

Variations in functional immunocompetence of individual tumor-draining lymph nodes in humans

DSB Hoon, EL Korn, AJ Cochran - Cancer research, 1987 - AACR
In studying the histology and immunohistology of tumor-draining lymph nodes, we observed
that nodes close to tumor showed reduced paracortical activity relative to those further away …