Inflammation and tumor progression: signaling pathways and targeted intervention

H Zhao, L Wu, G Yan, Y Chen, M Zhou… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer development and its response to therapy are regulated by inflammation, which
either promotes or suppresses tumor progression, potentially displaying opposing effects on …

Autophagy in major human diseases

DJ Klionsky, G Petroni, RK Amaravadi… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Autophagy is a core molecular pathway for the preservation of cellular and organismal
homeostasis. Pharmacological and genetic interventions impairing autophagy responses …

Calreticulin and cancer

J Fucikova, R Spisek, G Kroemer, L Galluzzi - Cell research, 2021 - nature.com
Calreticulin (CALR) is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident protein involved in a
spectrum of cellular processes. In healthy cells, CALR operates as a chaperone and Ca2+ …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-infiltrating dendritic cell states are conserved across solid human cancers

GM Gerhard, R Bill, M Messemaker, AM Klein… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Dendritic cells (DCs) contribute a small fraction of the tumor microenvironment but are
emerging as an essential antitumor component based on their ability to foster T cell …

ATP and cancer immunosurveillance

O Kepp, L Bezu, T Yamazaki, F Di Virgilio… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
While intracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) occupies a key position in the bioenergetic
metabolism of all the cellular compartments that form the tumor microenvironment (TME) …

Advantages of targeting the tumor immune microenvironment over blocking immune checkpoint in cancer immunotherapy

T Tang, X Huang, G Zhang, Z Hong, X Bai… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite great success in cancer immunotherapy, immune checkpoint-targeting drugs are not
the most popular weapon in the armory of cancer therapy. Accumulating evidence suggests …

The role of dendritic cells in cancer and anti-tumor immunity

AE Marciscano, N Anandasabapathy - Seminars in immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
Dendritic cells (DC) are key sentinels of the host immune response with an important role in
linking innate and adaptive immunity and maintaining tolerance. There is increasing …

Novel insights into the function of CD24: A driving force in cancer

P Altevogt, M Sammar, L Hüser… - International journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
CD24 is a highly glycosylated protein with a small protein core that is linked to the plasma
membrane via a glycosyl‐phosphatidylinositol anchor. CD24 is primarily expressed by …

From immunogenic cell death to immunogenic modulation: select chemotherapy regimens induce a spectrum of immune-enhancing activities in the tumor …

KP Fabian, B Wolfson, JW Hodge - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer treatment has rapidly entered the age of immunotherapy, and it is becoming clear
that the effective therapy of established tumors necessitates rational multi-combination …

Glucocorticoid receptor regulates PD-L1 and MHC-I in pancreatic cancer cells to promote immune evasion and immunotherapy resistance

Y Deng, X Xia, Y Zhao, Z Zhao, C Martinez… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite unprecedented responses of some cancers to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB)
therapies, the application of checkpoint inhibitors in pancreatic cancer has been …