Therapeutic implications of tumor microenvironment in lung cancer: focus on immune checkpoint blockade

C Genova, C Dellepiane, P Carrega… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the last decade, the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been
revolutionized by the introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) directed against …

The role of EREG/EGFR pathway in tumor progression

WL Cheng, PH Feng, KY Lee, KY Chen… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aberrant activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR/ERBB1) by erythroblastic
leukemia viral oncogene homolog (ERBB) ligands contributes to various tumor …

Circular RNA circ-CPA4/let-7 miRNA/PD-L1 axis regulates cell growth, stemness, drug resistance and immune evasion in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

W Hong, M Xue, J Jiang, Y Zhang, X Gao - Journal of Experimental & …, 2020 - Springer
Background Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells derived intracellular and extracellular
programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) promoted cancer progression and drug resistance …

Crosstalk between the MSI status and tumor microenvironment in colorectal cancer

A Lin, J Zhang, P Luo - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Colorectal cancer (CRC) patients, especially those with deficient mismatch repair
(dMMR)/microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) tumors, whose sensitivity to immune …

Luteolin and its derivative apigenin suppress the inducible PD-L1 expression to improve anti-tumor immunity in KRAS-mutant lung cancer

ZB Jiang, WJ Wang, C Xu, YJ Xie, XR Wang, YZ Zhang… - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Upregulated expression of immune checkpoint molecules correlates with exhausted
phenotype and impaired function of cytotoxic T cells to evade host immunity. By disrupting …

EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer and resistance to immunotherapy: role of the tumor microenvironment

C Madeddu, C Donisi, N Liscia, E Lai… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. About 10–30% of
patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harbor mutations of the EGFR gene. The …

Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) in cancer and cancer therapeutics

S Zhu, Y Guo, X Zhang, H Liu, M Yin, X Chen, C Peng - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2), a key rate-limiting enzyme of glycolysis, is a critical
regulator in tumor metabolism. PKM2 has been demonstrated to overexpressed in various …

[HTML][HTML] Immune checkpoint inhibitors in EGFR-mutated NSCLC: dusk or dawn?

M Qiao, T Jiang, X Liu, S Mao, F Zhou, X Li… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) that target programmed cell death protein-
1/programmed cell death ligand-1 axis have significantly shifted the treatment paradigm in …

Pyroptosis: a new paradigm of cell death for fighting against cancer

Y Tan, Q Chen, X Li, Z Zeng, W Xiong, G Li, X Li… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Background Unraveling the mystery of cell death is one of the most fundamental progresses
of life sciences during the past decades. Regulated cell death (RCD) or programmed cell …

[HTML][HTML] ILT4 inhibition prevents TAM-and dysfunctional T cell-mediated immunosuppression and enhances the efficacy of anti-PD-L1 therapy in NSCLC with EGFR …

X Chen, A Gao, F Zhang, Z Yang, S Wang, Y Fang… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Rationale: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) against the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway
showed limited success in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, especially in those …