[HTML][HTML] Peptides as multifunctional players in cancer therapy

SMP Vadevoo, S Gurung, HS Lee… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Peptides exhibit lower affinity and a shorter half-life in the body than antibodies. Conversely,
peptides demonstrate higher efficiency in tissue penetration and cell internalization than …

[HTML][HTML] Engineered cytokine signaling to improve CAR T cell effector function

M Bell, S Gottschalk - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Adoptive immunotherapy with T cells genetically modified to express chimeric antigen
receptors (CARs) is a promising approach to improve outcomes for cancer patients. While …

Molecular Biology of the 3β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase/Δ54 Isomerase Gene Family

J Simard, ML Ricketts, S Gingras, P Soucy… - Endocrine …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/Δ5-Δ4 isomerase (3β-HSD) isoenzymes are
responsible for the oxidation and isomerization of Δ5-3β-hydroxysteroid precursors into Δ4 …

[HTML][HTML] Fueling cancer immunotherapy with common gamma chain cytokines

CJ Dwyer, HM Knochelmann, AS Smith… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Adoptive T cell transfer therapy (ACT) using tumor infiltrating lymphocytes or lymphocytes
redirected with antigen receptors (CAR or TCR) has revolutionized the field of cancer …

Cytokines and immune response in the tumor microenvironment

S Mocellin, E Wang, FM Marincola - Journal of immunotherapy, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Over the last few decades a wealth of evidence has been gathered on the potential role that
the immune system (IS) can play in the fight against cancer. Together with cell surface …

Targeting IL4/IL4R for the treatment of epithelial cancer metastasis

KV Bankaitis, B Fingleton - Clinical & experimental metastasis, 2015 - Springer
While progress has been made in treating primary epithelial tumors, metastatic tumors
remain largely incurable and still account for 85–90% of all cancer-related deaths …

T‐Helper‐2 lymphocytes as a peripheral target of melatonin

GJM Maestroni - Journal of pineal research, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
In the past several years we demonstrated that the pineal neurohormone melatonin has
immunoenhancing properties and can counteract the immunodepres‐sion that may follow …

Combination of metformin and curcumin targets breast cancer in mice by angiogenesis inhibition, immune system modulation and induction of p53 independent …

RR Falah, WH Talib… - Therapeutic advances in …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The effects of metformin (MET) and curcumin (CUR) single treatments have
been tested against breast cancer; however, their combination has not been explored. Here …

IL-4 protects tumor cells from anti-CD95 and chemotherapeutic agents via up-regulation of antiapoptotic proteins

C Conticello, F Pedini, A Zeuner, M Patti… - The Journal of …, 2004 - journals.aai.org
We recently proposed that Th1 and Th2 cytokines exert opposite effects on the pathogenesis
and clinical outcome of organ-specific autoimmunity by altering the expression of genes …

Interleukin-4 receptor signaling and its binding mechanism: A therapeutic insight from inhibitors tool box

Z Ul-Haq, S Naz, MA Mesaik - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Studies on Interlukin-4 (IL-4) disclosed great deal of information about its various
physiological and pathological roles. All these roles depend upon its interaction and …