The immune microenvironment in pancreatic cancer

M Huber, CU Brehm, TM Gress, M Buchholz… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The biology of solid tumors is strongly determined by the interactions of cancer cells with
their surrounding microenvironment. In this regard, pancreatic cancer (pancreatic ductal …

Immunotherapy in pancreatic cancer: why do we keep failing? A focus on tumor immune microenvironment, predictive biomarkers and treatment outcomes

A Di Federico, M Mosca, R Pagani, R Carloni, G Frega… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In pancreatic cancer, immunotherapy and targeted therapies have not
brought about the therapeutic revolution that has been observed in other malignancies …

Current limitations and novel perspectives in pancreatic cancer treatment

S Robatel, M Schenk - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This review article presents a synopsis of the key clinical developments,
their limitations, and future perspectives in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. In the first part …

Role of immune cells in pancreatic cancer from bench to clinical application: an updated review

JH Chang, Y Jiang, VG Pillarisetty - Medicine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background: Pancreatic cancer (PC) remains difficult to treat, despite the recent advances in
various anticancer therapies. Immuno-inflammatory response is considered to be a major …

Natural killer cells and cancer

J Brittenden, SD Heys, J Ross… - … International Journal of …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Natural cytotoxicity, mediated by natural killer (NK) cells and cells with
lymphokine‐activated killer (LAK) activity, is believed to play an important role in host anti …

[HTML][HTML] Complex role for the immune system in initiation and progression of pancreatic cancer

KS Inman, AA Francis, NR Murray - World journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The immune system plays a complex role in the development and progression of pancreatic
cancer. Inflammation can promote the formation of premalignant lesions and accelerate …

Suppression of the antitumoral activity of natural killer cells under indirect coculture with cancer-associated fibroblasts in a pancreatic TIME-on-chip model

HA Kim, H Kim, MK Nam, JK Park, MY Lee… - Cancer Cell …, 2023 - Springer
Background Recently, natural killer (NK) cells emerged as a treatment option for various
solid tumors. However, the immunosuppressive tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) …

Revisiting immunosurveillance and immunostimulation: Implications for cancer immunotherapy

CV Ichim - Journal of translational medicine, 2005 - Springer
Experimental and clinical experience demonstrates that the resolution of a pathogenic
challenge depends not only on the presence or absence of an immune reaction, but also on …

NK cells in pancreatic cancer demonstrate impaired cytotoxicity and a regulatory IL-10 phenotype

F Marcon, J Zuo, H Pearce, S Nicol… - …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most common tumor subtypes and
remains associated with very poor survival. T cell infiltration into tumor tissue is associated …

Prognostic significance of natural killer cell activity in patients with gastric carcinoma: a multivariate analysis

H Takeuchi, Y Maehara, E Tokunaga… - Official journal of the …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: Natural cytotoxicity, mediated by natural killer (NK) cells, has been believed to
play an important role in inhibiting experimental tumor metastasis, and diminished NK cell …