Combination strategies with PD-1/PD-L1 blockade: current advances and future directions

M Yi, X Zheng, M Niu, S Zhu, H Ge, K Wu - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Antibodies targeting programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) or its ligand PD-L1 rescue T
cells from exhausted status and revive immune response against cancer cells. Based on the …

Tertiary lymphoid structures in cancer

TN Schumacher, DS Thommen - Science, 2022 - science.org
BACKGROUND Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) are organized aggregates of immune
cells that form postnatally in nonlymphoid tissues. TLSs are not found under physiological …

B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures as determinants of tumour immune contexture and clinical outcome

WH Fridman, M Meylan, F Petitprez, CM Sun… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
B cells are a major component of the tumour microenvironment, where they are
predominantly associated with tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS). In germinal centres within …

[HTML][HTML] Tertiary lymphoid structures generate and propagate anti-tumor antibody-producing plasma cells in renal cell cancer

M Meylan, F Petitprez, E Becht, A Bougoüin, G Pupier… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
The presence of intratumoral tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) is associated with positive
clinical outcomes and responses to immunotherapy in cancer. Here, we used spatial …

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus nivolumab with or without ipilimumab in operable non-small cell lung cancer: the phase 2 platform NEOSTAR trial

T Cascone, CH Leung, A Weissferdt, A Pataer… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Neoadjuvant ipilimumab+ nivolumab (Ipi+ Nivo) and nivolumab+ chemotherapy
(Nivo+ CT) induce greater pathologic response rates than CT alone in patients with …

The next decade of immune checkpoint therapy

P Sharma, BA Siddiqui, S Anandhan, SS Yadav… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) can provide durable clinical responses and improve
overall survival. However, only subsets of patients with specific tumor types respond to ICT …

Combination cancer immunotherapies: Emerging treatment strategies adapted to the tumor microenvironment

N Kirchhammer, MP Trefny, P Auf der Maur… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has revolutionized cancer treatment. However,
resistance to ICB occurs frequently due to tumor-intrinsic alterations or extrinsic factors in the …

[HTML][HTML] Tertiary lymphoid structures and B cells: An intratumoral immunity cycle

WH Fridman, M Meylan, G Pupier, A Calvez… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
The generation of anti-tumor immunity in the draining lymph nodes is known as the cancer
immunity cycle. Accumulating evidence supports the occurrence of such a cycle at tumor …

A “closed‐loop” therapeutic strategy based on mutually reinforced ferroptosis and immunotherapy

Y Du, R Zhang, J Yang, S Liu, J Zhou… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The immunosuppression and immune escape of current immunotherapy result in low
efficacy, and ferroptosis is greatly restricted by the low reactive oxygen species (ROS) …

Localization, tissue biology and T cell state—implications for cancer immunotherapy

JM Schenkel, KE Pauken - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Tissue localization is a critical determinant of T cell immunity. CD8+ T cells are contact-
dependent killers, which requires them to physically be within the tissue of interest to kill …