High expression of immune checkpoints is associated with the TIL load, mutation rate and patient survival in colorectal cancer

M Kitsou, GD Ayiomamitis… - … journal of oncology, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
Adoptive cell therapy with the use of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) is a very promising
immunotherapeutic approach for the treatment of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) …

Cytolytic activity correlates with the mutational burden and deregulated expression of immune checkpoints in colorectal cancer

A Zaravinos, C Roufas, M Nagara… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - Springer
Background Microsatellite unstable colorectal cancers (MSI+ CRCs) expressing PD-L1,
respond to anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 checkpoint blockade, whereas microsatellite-stable …

Immune-infiltrating signature-based classification reveals CD103+CD39+ T cells associate with colorectal cancer prognosis and response to immunotherapy

Y Luo, Y Zong, H Hua, M Gong, Q Peng, C Li… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Current stratification systems for tumor prognostic prediction and
immunotherapeutic efficacy evaluation are less satisfying in colorectal cancer (CRC). As …

Immune classification for the PD-L1 expression and tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes in colorectal adenocarcinoma

BJ Noh, JY Kwak, DW Eom - BMC cancer, 2020 - Springer
Background Colorectal adenocarcinoma is the third most common cancer worldwide and a
leading cause of cancer-related death. The recent emergence of diverse immunotherapeutic …

Relationship between immune checkpoint proteins, tumour microenvironment characteristics, and prognosis in primary operable colorectal cancer

SSF Al‐Badran, L Grant, MV Campo… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The tumour microenvironment is an important factor for colorectal cancer prognosis,
affecting the patient's immune response. Immune checkpoints, which regulate the immune …

[HTML][HTML] Differential gene expression of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells in advanced versus early-stage colorectal cancer and identification of a gene signature of poor …

R Saleh, VS Nair, SM Toor, RZ Taha… - … for ImmunoTherapy of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Cytotoxic CD8+ T cell-mediated response is the most important arm of adaptive
immunity, which dictates the capacity of the host immune response in eradicating tumor …

Expression of immune checkpoints and T cell exhaustion markers in early and advanced stages of colorectal cancer

R Saleh, RZ Taha, SM Toor, V Sasidharan Nair… - Cancer Immunology …, 2020 - Springer
Despite recent advances in colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment, a large proportion of patients
show limited responses to therapies, especially in advanced stages. There is an urgent …

Identification of an immune signature predicting prognosis risk and lymphocyte infiltration in colon cancer

X Li, D Wen, X Li, C Yao, W Chong, H Chen - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Increasing studies have highlighted the effects of the tumor immune micro-environment
(TIM) on colon cancer (CC) tumorigenesis, prognosis, and metastasis. However, there is no …

Prognostic significance of immune checkpoints HLA-G/ILT-2/4 and PD-L1 in colorectal cancer

QY Chen, YX Chen, QY Han, JG Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have become a promising area of research for cancer
treatment. In addition to the well-known ICIs targeting PD-1/PD-L1, HLA-G/ILT-2/-4 is …

Immune checkpoints as a target for colorectal cancer treatment

A Passardi, M Canale, M Valgiusti, P Ulivi - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Anti-tumor immunity is a new line of research for the treatment of patients with solid tumors.
In this field, negative regulators of the immune system called immune checkpoints play a key …