Allogeneic CAR T cells: an alternative to overcome challenges of CAR T cell therapy in glioblastoma

D Martínez Bedoya, V Dutoit, D Migliorini - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has emerged as one of the major
breakthroughs in cancer immunotherapy in the last decade. Outstanding results in …

Macrophages in recurrent glioblastoma as a prognostic factor in the synergistic system of the tumor microenvironment

N Montemurro, B Pahwa, A Tayal, A Shukla… - Neurology …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a common and highly malignant primary tumor of the central nervous
system in adults. Ever more recent papers are focusing on understanding the role of the …

Single-cell analysis of human glioma and immune cells identifies S100A4 as an immunotherapy target

N Abdelfattah, P Kumar, C Wang, JS Leu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A major rate-limiting step in developing more effective immunotherapies for GBM is our
inadequate understanding of the cellular complexity and the molecular heterogeneity of …

Neural stem cell delivery of an oncolytic adenovirus in newly diagnosed malignant glioma: a first-in-human, phase 1, dose-escalation trial

J Fares, AU Ahmed, IV Ulasov, AM Sonabend… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Malignant glioma is the most common and lethal primary brain tumour, with
dismal survival rates and no effective treatment. We examined the safety and activity of NSC …

Neoadjuvant PD-1 blockade induces T cell and cDC1 activation but fails to overcome the immunosuppressive tumor associated macrophages in recurrent …

AH Lee, L Sun, AY Mochizuki, JG Reynoso… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Primary brain tumors, such as glioblastoma (GBM), are remarkably resistant to
immunotherapy, even though pre-clinical models suggest effectiveness. To understand this …

PD-L1-mediated immunosuppression in glioblastoma is associated with the infiltration and M2-polarization of tumor-associated macrophages

Z Zhu, H Zhang, B Chen, X Liu, S Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There has been no significant improvements for immune checkpoint inhibitors since its first
use. Tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs) are critical mediators in the PD-1/PD-L1 axis …

Tumor associated macrophages, as the dominant immune cells, are an indispensable target for immunologically cold tumor—glioma therapy?

N Tong, Z He, Y Ma, Z Wang, Z Huang… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Tumor microenvironment (TME) is the cornerstone of the occurrence, development, invasion
and diffusion of the malignant central nerve system (CNS) tumor, glioma. As the largest …

[HTML][HTML] Deep immune profiling reveals targetable mechanisms of immune evasion in immune checkpoint inhibitor-refractory glioblastoma

EF Simonds, ED Lu, O Badillo, S Karimi… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Glioblastoma (GBM) is refractory to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy.
We sought to determine to what extent this immune evasion is due to intrinsic properties of …

Proliferating CD8+ T Cell Infiltrates Are Associated with Improved Survival in Glioblastoma

IS Mauldin, J Jo, NA Wages, LV Yogendran… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes are prognostic in many human cancers.
However, the prognostic value of lymphocytes infiltrating glioblastoma (GBM), and roles in …

Macrophage's role in solid tumors: two edges of a sword

A Jahandideh, M Yarizadeh… - Cancer Cell …, 2023 - Springer
The tumor microenvironment is overwhelmingly dictated by macrophages, intimately
affiliated with tumors, exercising pivotal roles in multiple processes, including angiogenesis …