Tumor-immune profiling of CT-26 and Colon 26 syngeneic mouse models reveals mechanism of anti-PD-1 response

Y Sato, Y Fu, H Liu, MY Lee, MH Shaw - BMC cancer, 2021 - Springer
Background Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapies have changed the paradigm of
cancer therapies. However, anti-tumor response of the ICB is insufficient for many patients …

Short-term starvation reduces IGF-1 levels to sensitize lung tumors to PD-1 immune checkpoint blockade

D Ajona, S Ortiz-Espinosa, T Lozano, F Exposito… - Nature Cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Harnessing the immune system by blocking the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)
pathway has been a major breakthrough in non-small-cell lung cancer treatment …

Tumor Infiltrating Effector Memory Antigen-Specific CD8+ T Cells Predict Response to Immune Checkpoint Therapy

N Principe, J Kidman, S Goh, CM Tilsed… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) results in durable responses in individuals with some
cancers, but not all patients respond to treatment. ICT improves CD8+ cytotoxic T …

Regulatory T-cells as an emerging barrier to immune checkpoint inhibition in lung cancer

DR Principe, L Chiec, NA Mohindra… - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the treatment paradigm for lung
cancer in recent years. These strategies consist of neutralizing antibodies against negative …

Progression of lung cancer is associated with increased dysfunction of T cells defined by coexpression of multiple inhibitory receptors

DS Thommen, J Schreiner, P Müller, P Herzig… - Cancer immunology …, 2015 - AACR
Dysfunctional T cells present in malignant lesions are characterized by a sustained and
highly diverse expression of inhibitory receptors, also referred to as immune checkpoints …

Clinical implications of co-inhibitory molecule expression in the tumor microenvironment for DC vaccination: a game of stop and go

A Vasaturo, S Di Blasio, DGA Peeters… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The aim of therapeutic dendritic cell (DC) vaccines in cancer immunotherapy is to activate
cytotoxic T cells to recognize and attack the tumor. T cell activation requires the interaction of …

Sensitization to immune checkpoint blockade through activation of a STAT1/NK axis in the tumor microenvironment

RM Zemek, E De Jong, WL Chin, IS Schuster… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Cancer immunotherapy using antibodies that target immune checkpoints has delivered
outstanding results. However, responses only occur in a subset of patients, and it is not fully …

CD45RA+CCR7 CD8 T cells lacking co-stimulatory receptors demonstrate enhanced frequency in peripheral blood of NSCLC patients responding to nivolumab

A Kunert, EA Basak, DP Hurkmans… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Checkpoint inhibitors have become standard care of treatment for non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC), yet only a limited fraction of patients experiences durable clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Dual targeting of innate and adaptive checkpoints on tumor cells limits immune evasion

X Liu, L Liu, Z Ren, K Yang, H Xu, Y Luan, K Fu, J Guo… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
CD47 on tumor cells protects from phagocytosis, while PD-L1 dampens T cell-mediated
tumor killing. However, whether and how CD47 and PD-L1 coordinate is poorly understood …

Immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors in non-small cell lung cancer: insights from long-term survivors

E Nadal, B Massuti, M Dómine… - Cancer Immunology …, 2019 - Springer
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) targeting the programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)–
programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) axis have shown promising results in non-small …