T cell receptor (TCR) signaling in health and disease

K Shah, A Al-Haidari, J Sun, JU Kazi - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2021 - nature.com
Interaction of the T cell receptor (TCR) with an MHC-antigenic peptide complex results in
changes at the molecular and cellular levels in T cells. The outside environmental cues are …

Tumor immunotherapies by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); the pros and cons

A Naimi, RN Mohammed, A Raji, S Chupradit… - Cell communication and …, 2022 - Springer
The main breakthrough in tumor immunotherapy was the discovery of immune checkpoint
(IC) proteins, which act as a potent suppressor of the immune system by a myriad of …

Predictive biomarkers for checkpoint inhibitor-based immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma: where do we stand?

A Rizzo, AD Ricci, A Di Federico, G Frega… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains the sixth most commonly diagnosed malignancy
worldwide, still representing an important cause of cancer-related death. Over the next few …

PD-L1, TMB, and other potential predictors of response to immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: how can they assist drug clinical trials?

A Rizzo, AD Ricci - Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents the sixth most commonly
diagnosed malignancy worldwide, accounting for millions of deaths annually. Despite …

Eosinophils in the tumor microenvironment: implications for cancer immunotherapy

S Ghaffari, N Rezaei - Journal of Translational Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Despite being an integral part of the immune response in the tumor microenvironment
(TME), few studies have mechanistically elucidated eosinophil functions in cancer …

A recombinant VSV-vectored vaccine rapidly protects nonhuman primates against lethal Nipah virus disease

SL Foster, C Woolsey, V Borisevich… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging highly lethal zoonotic disease that, like SARS-CoV-2, can
be transmitted via respiratory droplets. Single-injection vaccines that rapidly control NiV …

Immune checkpoint inhibitors in colorectal cancer: challenges and future prospects

S Makaremi, Z Asadzadeh, N Hemmat… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Immunotherapy is a new pillar of cancer therapy that provides novel opportunities to treat
solid tumors. In this context, the development of new drugs targeting immune checkpoints is …

Cancer immunotherapy by immune checkpoint blockade and its advanced application using bio-nanomaterials

D Yadav, M Kwak, PS Chauhan, N Puranik… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Traditional approaches, such as
surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy have been the main cancer therapeutic modalities …

Biomimetic nanoprobe-augmented triple therapy with photothermal, sonodynamic and checkpoint blockade inhibits tumor growth and metastasis

X Lin, T He, R Tang, Q Li, N Wu, Y Zhou, H He… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Comprehensive antitumor therapy through integrated multimodal means has
drawn increasing attention owing to its high efficiency and metastasis suppression. Results …

Presence of Akkermansiaceae in gut microbiome and immunotherapy effectiveness in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

A Grenda, E Iwan, I Chmielewska, P Krawczyk, A Giza… - AMB Express, 2022 - Springer
The significance of Akkermansia bacteria presence in gut micobiome, mainly Akkermansia
mucinifila, is currently being investigated in the context of supporting therapy and marker for …