Presence of B cells in tertiary lymphoid structures is associated with a protective immunity in patients with lung cancer

C Germain, S Gnjatic, F Tamzalit… - American journal of …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: It is now well established that immune responses can take place outside of
primary and secondary lymphoid organs. We previously described the presence of tertiary …

Long-term survival for patients with non–small-cell lung cancer with intratumoral lymphoid structures

MC Dieu-Nosjean, M Antoine, C Danel… - Journal of Clinical …, 2008 - ascopubs.org
Purpose It has been established that the immune system plays an important role in tumor
rejection. There is also compelling evidence that immune responses can develop …

B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures influence survival in lung cancer patients with resectable tumors

J Tang, D Ramis-Cabrer, V Curull, X Wang… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Nowadays, humans still die of lung cancer (LC), a disease mainly related
to cigarette smoking (CS). Smokers also develop chronic bronchitis, namely chronic …

Tertiary lymphoid structure-B cells narrow regulatory T cells impact in lung cancer patients

C Germain, P Devi-Marulkar, S Knockaert… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The presence of tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) in the tumor microenvironment is
associated with better clinical outcome in many cancers. In non-small cell lung cancer …

A high density of tertiary lymphoid structure B cells in lung tumors is associated with increased CD4+ T cell receptor repertoire clonality

W Zhu, C Germain, Z Liu, Y Sebastian, P Devi… - …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
T and B cell receptor (TCR and BCR, respectively) Vβ or immunoglobulin heavy chain
complementarity-determining region 3 sequencing allows monitoring of repertoire changes …

Dendritic cells in tumor-associated tertiary lymphoid structures signal a Th1 cytotoxic immune contexture and license the positive prognostic value of infiltrating CD8+ …

J Goc, C Germain, TKD Vo-Bourgais, A Lupo, C Klein… - Cancer research, 2014 - AACR
Tumor-infiltrating T cells, particularly CD45RO+ CD8+ memory T cells, confer a positive
prognostic value in human cancers. However, the mechanisms that promote a protective T …

Tertiary lymphoid structures, drivers of the anti‐tumor responses in human cancers

MC Dieu‐Nosjean, NA Giraldo, H Kaplon… - Immunological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The characterization of the microenvironment of human tumors led to the description of
tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) characterized by mature dendritic cells in a T‐cell zone …

Characterization of chemokines and adhesion molecules associated with T cell presence in tertiary lymphoid structures in human lung cancer

L de Chaisemartin, J Goc, D Damotte, P Validire… - Cancer research, 2011 - AACR
De novo formation of tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) has been described in lung cancers.
Intratumoral TLS seem to be functional and are associated with a long-term survival for lung …

Lung T-cell subset composition at the time of surgical resection is a prognostic indicator in non-small cell lung cancer

TA Zikos, AD Donnenberg, RJ Landreneau… - Cancer immunology …, 2011 - Springer
NSCLC arises in the complex environment of chronic inflammation. Depending on lung
immune polarization, infiltrating immune cells may either promote or suppress tumor growth …

[HTML][HTML] Maturation and abundance of tertiary lymphoid structures are associated with the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy in resectable non-small cell …

X Sun, W Liu, L Sun, H Mo, Y Feng, X Wu… - … for ImmunoTherapy of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) existence is correlated with favorable prognosis in many
types of cancer including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, TLS formation and …