Fundamental mechanisms of regulated cell death and implications for heart disease

DP Del Re, D Amgalan, A Linkermann… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Twelve regulated cell death programs have been described. We review in detail the basic
biology of nine including death receptor-mediated apoptosis, death receptor-mediated …

Targeting Treg cells in cancer immunotherapy

A Tanaka, S Sakaguchi - European journal of immunology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Foxp3‐expressing regulatory T (Treg) cells, which are indispensable for preventing
autoimmunity, also suppress effective tumor immunity. Treg cells abundantly infiltrate into …

Human FOXP3+ regulatory T cell heterogeneity and function in autoimmunity and cancer

JB Wing, A Tanaka, S Sakaguchi - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Regulatory T (Treg) cells expressing the transcription factor Foxp3 have a critical role in the
maintenance of immune homeostasis and prevention of autoimmunity. Recent advances in …

Safety and efficacy of nivolumab monotherapy in recurrent or metastatic cervical, vaginal, or vulvar carcinoma: results from the phase I/II CheckMate 358 trial

RW Naumann, A Hollebecque, T Meyer… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Nivolumab was assessed in patients with virus-associated tumors in the phase
I/II CheckMate 358 trial (ClinicalTrials. gov identifier: NCT02488759). We report on patients …

Endocrine toxicity of cancer immunotherapy targeting immune checkpoints

LS Chang, R Barroso-Sousa, SM Tolaney… - Endocrine …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Immune checkpoints are small molecules expressed by immune cells that play critical roles
in maintaining immune homeostasis. Targeting the immune checkpoints cytotoxic T …

Unraveling the crosstalk between melanoma and immune cells in the tumor microenvironment

M Marzagalli, ND Ebelt, ER Manuel - Seminars in cancer biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Cutaneous melanoma is the most common skin cancer with an incidence that has been
rapidly increasing in the past decades. Melanomas are among the most immunogenic …

Immune checkpoint inhibitors: basics and challenges

B Li, HL Chan, P Chen - Current medicinal chemistry, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Cancer is one of the most deadly diseases in the modern world. The last decade has
witnessed dramatic advances in cancer treatment through immunotherapy. One extremely …

Dendritic cell subsets and locations

S Balan, M Saxena, N Bhardwaj - International review of cell and molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Dendritic cells (DCs) are a unique class of immune cells that act as a bridge between innate
and adaptive immunity. The discovery of DCs by Cohen and Steinman in 1973 laid the …

[HTML][HTML] PD-L1: CD80 cis-heterodimer triggers the co-stimulatory receptor CD28 while repressing the inhibitory PD-1 and CTLA-4 pathways

Y Zhao, CK Lee, CH Lin, RB Gassen, X Xu, Z Huang… - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Combined immunotherapy targeting the immune checkpoint receptors cytotoxic T-
lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) and programmed cell death 1 (PD-1), or CTLA-4 …

AP-1 transcription factors as regulators of immune responses in cancer

V Atsaves, V Leventaki, GZ Rassidakis, FX Claret - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Immune check point blockade therapy has revolutionized the standard of cancer treatment
and is credited with producing remarkable tumor remissions and increase in overall survival …