The role of mitochondria in the resistance of melanoma to PD-1 inhibitors

F Du, L Yang, J Liu, J Wang, L Fan… - Journal of Translational …, 2023 - Springer
Malignant melanoma is one of the most common tumours and has the highest mortality rate
of all types of skin cancers worldwide. Traditional and novel therapeutic approaches …

Mitochondrial function in melanoma

N Theodosakis, G Micevic, DP Kelly… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2014 - Elsevier
Melanoma is the most lethal form of skin cancer and its incidence is rapidly rising.
Breakthroughs in the understanding of the basic biology of melanoma in the past decade …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting mitochondria in melanoma: Interplay between MAPK signaling pathway and mitochondrial dynamics

LS Ferraz, RT da Costa, CA da Costa… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Melanoma is a malignant proliferative disease originated in melanocytes, characterized by
high metastatic activity and by the activation of oncogenes, such as B-RAF (40–60% of …

Mitochondrial metabolism in melanoma

C Huang, RH Radi, JL Arbiser - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Melanoma and its associated alterations in cellular pathways have been growing areas of
interest in research, especially as specific biological pathways are being elucidated. Some …

Mitochondrial PD-L1 modulates cancer immunotherapy

X Dai, J Liu, W Wei - Cell Research, 2023 - nature.com
The expression and subcellular localization of immune checkpoint protein PD-L1 have been
implicated to play an important role in cancer immunotherapy. In a recent paper published in …

Tumors attenuating the mitochondrial activity in T cells escape from PD-1 blockade therapy

A Kumar, K Chamoto, PS Chowdhury, T Honjo - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
PD-1 blockade therapy has revolutionized cancer treatments. However, a substantial
population of patients is unresponsive. To rescue unresponsive patients, the mechanism of …

Mitochondria determine response to anti-programmed cell death protein-1 (anti-PD-1) immunotherapy: An evidence-based hypothesis

H Akbari, F Taghizadeh-Hesary, M Bahadori - Mitochondrion, 2022 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy based on programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) is a promising approach
in oncology. However, a significant fraction of patients remain unresponsive. Therefore, it is …

PARP inhibitor PJ34 protects mitochondria and induces DNA-damage mediated apoptosis in combination with cisplatin or temozolomide in B16F10 melanoma cells

AM Cseh, Z Fabian, R Quintana-Cabrera… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
PARP-1 inhibition has recently been employed in both mono-and combination therapies in
various malignancies including melanoma with both promising and contradicting results …

Mitochondrial activation chemicals synergize with surface receptor PD-1 blockade for T cell-dependent antitumor activity

K Chamoto, PS Chowdhury, A Kumar… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Although immunotherapy by PD-1 blockade has dramatically improved the survival rate of
cancer patients, further improvement in efficacy is required to reduce the fraction of less …

Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in cutaneous melanoma

PR Kumar, JA Moore, KM Bowles… - British Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
The Warburg effect in tumour cells is associated with the upregulation of glycolysis to
generate ATP, even under normoxic conditions and the presence of fully functioning …