Mechanisms driving the immunoregulatory function of cancer cells

A van Weverwijk, KE de Visser - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Tumours display an astonishing variation in the spatial distribution, composition and
activation state of immune cells, which impacts their progression and response to …

Antigen presentation in cancer—mechanisms and clinical implications for immunotherapy

K Yang, A Halima, TA Chan - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2023 - nature.com
Over the past decade, the emergence of effective immunotherapies has revolutionized the
clinical management of many types of cancers. However, long-term durable tumour control …

[HTML][HTML] Conserved pan-cancer microenvironment subtypes predict response to immunotherapy

A Bagaev, N Kotlov, K Nomie, V Svekolkin, A Gafurov… - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
The clinical use of molecular targeted therapy is rapidly evolving but has primarily focused
on genomic alterations. Transcriptomic analysis offers an opportunity to dissect the …

[HTML][HTML] Antibodies against endogenous retroviruses promote lung cancer immunotherapy

KW Ng, J Boumelha, KSS Enfield, J Almagro, H Cha… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
B cells are frequently found in the margins of solid tumours as organized follicles in ectopic
lymphoid organs called tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS),. Although TLS have been found to …

[HTML][HTML] A pan-cancer single-cell panorama of human natural killer cells

F Tang, J Li, L Qi, D Liu, Y Bo, S Qin, Y Miao, K Yu… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Natural killer (NK) cells play indispensable roles in innate immune responses against tumor
progression. To depict their phenotypic and functional diversities in the tumor …

Pan-cancer analysis identifies tumor-specific antigens derived from transposable elements

NM Shah, HJ Jang, Y Liang, JH Maeng, SC Tzeng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cryptic promoters within transposable elements (TEs) can be transcriptionally reactivated in
tumors to create new TE-chimeric transcripts, which can produce immunogenic antigens. We …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-omics analysis identifies therapeutic vulnerabilities in triple-negative breast cancer subtypes

BD Lehmann, A Colaprico, TC Silva, J Chen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a collection of biologically diverse cancers
characterized by distinct transcriptional patterns, biology, and immune composition. TNBCs …

[HTML][HTML] The contribution of epigenetics to cancer immunotherapy

L Villanueva, D Álvarez-Errico, M Esteller - Trends in immunology, 2020 - cell.com
Effective anticancer immunotherapy treatments constitute a qualitative leap in cancer
management. Nonetheless, not all patients benefit from such therapies because they fail to …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methyltransferases in cancer: biology, paradox, aberrations, and targeted therapy

J Zhang, C Yang, C Wu, W Cui, L Wang - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
DNA methyltransferases are an essential class of modifiers in epigenetics. In mammals,
DNMT1, DNMT3A and DNMT3B participate in DNA methylation to regulate normal …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide identification of differentially methylated promoters and enhancers associated with response to anti-PD-1 therapy in non-small cell lung cancer

JW Cho, MH Hong, SJ Ha, YJ Kim, BC Cho… - … & molecular medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Although approved programmed cell death protein (PD)-1 inhibitors show durable
responses, clinical benefits to these agents are only seen in one-third of patients in most …