The role of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in cholangiocarcinoma

D Liu, LR Heij, Z Czigany, E Dahl, SA Lang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is the second most common primary liver cancer and
associated with a dismal prognosis due to the lack of an efficient systemic therapy. In …

Heterogeneity of cholangiocarcinoma immune biology

F Vita, I Olaizola, F Amato, C Rae, S Marco… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cholangiocarcinomas (CCAs) are aggressive tumors arising along the biliary tract
epithelium, whose incidence and mortality are increasing. CCAs are highly desmoplastic …

Immune microenvironment of cholangiocarcinoma: Biological concepts and treatment strategies

X Yu, L Zhu, T Wang, J Chen - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cholangiocarcinoma is characterized by a poor prognosis with limited treatment and
management options. Chemotherapy using gemcitabine with cisplatin is the only available …

Molecular and immunological characterization of biliary tract cancers: a paradigm shift towards a personalized medicine

I Malenica, M Donadon, A Lleo - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biliary tract cancers (BTCs) are a group of rare cancers that account for up to 3–5% of
cancer patients worldwide. BTCs include cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), gallbladder cancer …

Fourth-generation chimeric antigen receptor T cells targeting folate receptor alpha antigen expressed on breast cancer cells for adoptive T cell therapy

P Luangwattananun, M Junking, J Sujjitjoon… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Treatment of breast cancer (BC) by standard methods is effective in the early stage,
but ineffective in the advanced stage of disease. To develop an adoptive T cell therapy for …

Anti-tumour effect of the fourth-generation chimeric antigen receptor T cells targeting CD133 against cholangiocarcinoma cells

T Sangsuwannukul, K Supimon, J Sujjitjoon… - International …, 2020 - Elsevier
Current treatment of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA)–a lethal bile duct cancer–is ineffective
because the disease is usually diagnosed at late and advanced stage. Thus, a novel …

Antitumor activity of celastrol by inhibition of proliferation, invasion, and migration in cholangiocarcinoma via PTEN/PI3K/Akt pathway

B Zhu, Y Wei - Cancer medicine, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Cholangiocarcinoma is a malignant tumor originating from bile duct epithelium.
Currently, the treatment strategy is very limited and the prognosis is poor. Recent studies …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor immune microenvironment in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Regulatory mechanisms, functions, and therapeutic implications

AD Ricci, A Rizzo, A Schirizzi, R D'Alessandro, G Frega… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Abstract Treatment options for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA), a highly malignant
tumor with poor prognosis, are limited. Recent developments in immunotherapy and …

Single-cell analyses identify dysfunctional CD16+ CD8 T cells in smokers

SN Martos, MR Campbell, OA Lozoya, X Wang… - Cell Reports …, 2020 - cell.com
Tobacco smoke exposure contributes to the global burden of communicable and chronic
diseases. To identify the immune cells affected by smoking, we use single-cell RNA …

Adoptive transfer of anti-nucleolin T cells combined with PD-L1 inhibition against triple-negative breast cancer

S Thongchot, N Jirapongwattana… - Molecular Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Dendritic cell (DC)–based T-cell activation is an alternative immunotherapy in breast cancer.
The anti-programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) can enhance T-cell function. Nucleolin (NCL) …