Cancer immune control needs senescence induction by interferon-dependent cell cycle regulator pathways in tumours

E Brenner, BF Schörg, F Ahmetlić, T Wieder… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB)-based or natural cancer immune responses largely
eliminate tumours. Yet, they require additional mechanisms to arrest those cancer cells that …

T-helper-1-cell cytokines drive cancer into senescence

H Braumüller, T Wieder, E Brenner, S Aßmann, M Hahn… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Cancer control by adaptive immunity involves a number of defined death,,,,,,, and clearance,,
mechanisms. However, efficient inhibition of exponential cancer growth by T cells and …

From cancer immunosurveillance to cancer immunotherapy

J Stagg, RW Johnstone, MJ Smyth - Immunological reviews, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
In response to oncogenic threats, tumor suppressor mechanisms that halt cell‐cycle
progression can stimulate immune‐mediated destruction of pre‐malignant and malignant …

Senescence drives immunotherapy resistance by inducing an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment

D Maggiorani, O Le, V Lisi, S Landais… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The potential of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) may be limited in situations where
immune cell fitness is impaired. Here, we show that the efficacy of cancer immunotherapies …

Connecting the dots: therapy-induced senescence and a tumor-suppressive immune microenvironment

AE Vilgelm, CA Johnson, N Prasad… - Journal of the …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background: Tumor cell senescence is a common outcome of anticancer therapy. Here we
investigated how therapy-induced senescence (TIS) affects tumor-infiltrating leukocytes …

Senescence rewires microenvironment sensing to facilitate antitumor immunity

HA Chen, YJ Ho, R Mezzadra, JM Adrover, R Smolkin… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Cellular senescence involves a stable cell-cycle arrest coupled to a secretory program that,
in some instances, stimulates the immune clearance of senescent cells. Using an immune …

IFN-γ and TNF induce senescence and a distinct senescence-associated secretory phenotype in melanoma

L Homann, M Rentschler, E Brenner, K Böhm… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy is a central pillar of melanoma treatment leading
to durable response rates. Important mechanisms of action of ICB therapy include …

Immunosenescence and cancer

G Pawelec - Biogerontology, 2017 - Springer
Age is a major risk factor for solid cancers, hitherto conventionally viewed in the context of
the cell biology of carcinogenesis. However, if cancers are immunogenic, the immune …

Senescence comes of age

M Narita, SW Lowe - Nature medicine, 2005 - nature.com
Normal cells can respond to expression of activated oncogenes by initiating cellular
senescence, a permanent state of proliferative arrest. But whether this process reflects a …

Cell cycle regulation meets tumor immunosuppression

J Li, BZ Stanger - Trends in Immunology, 2020 - cell.com
Reciprocal interactions between tumor cells and immune cells shape the tumor
microenvironment. Recent studies indicate that enhanced cell cycle activity in cancer cells …