Reduction of immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in cholangiocarcinoma by ex vivo targeting immune checkpoint molecules

G Zhou, D Sprengers, S Mancham, R Erkens… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Cholangiocarcinoma is an aggressive hepatobiliary malignancy
originating from biliary tract epithelium. Whether cholangiocarcinoma is responsive to …

Dissecting Intra-Tumoral Changes Following Immune Checkpoint Blockades in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma via Single-Cell Analysis

BY Sun, C Zhou, RY Guan, G Liu, ZF Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Purpose To dissect the tumor ecosystem following immune checkpoint blockades (ICBs) in
intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) at a single-cell level. Methods Single-cell RNA …

Immune cell atlas of cholangiocarcinomas reveals distinct tumor microenvironments and associated prognoses

T Xia, K Li, N Niu, Y Shao, D Ding, DL Thomas… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Immunotherapy has demonstrated a limited clinical efficacy in approximately
5% of cholangiocarcinoma. The main challenges for an effective immunotherapy response …

[PDF][PDF] Identification of four immune subtypes characterized by distinct composition and functions of tumor microenvironment in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

S Job, D Rapoud, A Dos Santos, P Gonzalez… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is a severe malignant tumor in
which the standard therapies are mostly ineffective. The biological significance of the …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes: A promising immunotherapeutic target for preventing immune escape in cholangiocarcinoma

S Hua, X Gu, H Jin, X Zhang, Q Liu, J Yang - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is becoming more common and deadly worldwide. Tumor-
infiltrating T cell subtypes make distinct contributions to the immune system; collectively, they …

Immune checkpoint inhibitors: the emerging cornerstone in cholangiocarcinoma therapy?

M Gutiérrez-Larrañaga, E González-López… - Liver Cancer, 2021 - karger.com
Background: Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) encompasses a heterogeneous group of
malignant tumors with dismal prognosis and increasing incidence worldwide. Both late …

PD-L1 and HLA class I antigen expression and clinical course of the disease in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

F Sabbatino, V Villani, JH Yearley, V Deshpande… - Clinical Cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Purpose: More effective therapy is needed for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). The
encouraging clinical results obtained with checkpoint molecule-specific monoclonal …

Immune checkpoint therapy in liver cancer

F Xu, T Jin, Y Zhu, C Dai - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer …, 2018 - Springer
Immune checkpoints include stimulatory and inhibitory checkpoint molecules. In recent
years, inhibitory checkpoints, including cytotoxic T lymphocyte–associated antigen 4 (CTLA …

Immune suppressive checkpoint interactions in the tumour microenvironment of primary liver cancers

G Zhou, PPC Boor, MJ Bruno, D Sprengers… - British Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Liver cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers, and the third most common cause of
cancer-related mortality worldwide. The therapeutic options for the main types of primary …

Antibodies against immune checkpoint molecules restore functions of tumor-infiltrating T cells in hepatocellular carcinomas

G Zhou, D Sprengers, PPC Boor, M Doukas, H Schutz… - Gastroenterology, 2017 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Ligand binding to inhibitory receptors on immune cells, such as
programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein 4 (CTLA4) …