Interleukins in cancer: from biology to therapy

D Briukhovetska, J Dörr, S Endres, P Libby… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Interleukins and associated cytokines serve as the means of communication for innate and
adaptive immune cells as well as non-immune cells and tissues. Thus, interleukins have a …

NF-kappaB: two sides of the same coin

BRB Pires, RCMC Silva, GM Ferreira, E Abdelhay - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Nuclear Factor-kappa B (NF-κB) is a transcription factor family that regulates a large number
of genes that are involved in important physiological processes, including survival …

Upregulation of METTL14 mediates the elevation of PERP mRNA N6 adenosine methylation promoting the growth and metastasis of pancreatic cancer

M Wang, J Liu, Y Zhao, R He, X Xu, X Guo, X Li, S Xu… - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Background Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal human cancers. N 6-
methyladenosine (m 6 A), a common eukaryotic mRNA modification, plays critical roles in …

CAR T cells releasing IL-18 convert to T-Bethigh FoxO1low effectors that exhibit augmented activity against advanced solid tumors

M Chmielewski, H Abken - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Adoptive therapy with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-redirected T cells has achieved
remarkable efficacy in the treatment of hematopoietic malignancies. However, eradicating …

Mechanisms of T-cell exhaustion in pancreatic cancer

D Saka, M Gökalp, B Piyade, NC Cevik, E Arik Sever… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
T-cell exhaustion is a phenomenon that represents the dysfunctional state of T cells in
chronic infections and cancer and is closely associated with poor prognosis in many …

Hypoxia and inflammation in cancer, focus on HIF and NF-κB

L D'Ignazio, M Batie, S Rocha - Biomedicines, 2017 - mdpi.com
Cancer is often characterised by the presence of hypoxia and inflammation. Paramount to
the mechanisms controlling cellular responses under such stress stimuli, are the …

[HTML][HTML] Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and the inflammasome in cancer

V Pretre, D Papadopoulos, J Regard, M Pelletier… - Cytokine, 2022 - Elsevier
Numerous preclinical and clinical studies have demonstrated the significant contribution of
inflammation to the development and progression of various types of cancer. Inflammation in …

IL18 Receptor Signaling Regulates Tumor-Reactive CD8+ T-cell Exhaustion via Activation of the IL2/STAT5/mTOR Pathway in a Pancreatic Cancer Model

V Lutz, VM Hellmund, FSR Picard, H Raifer… - Cancer immunology …, 2023 - AACR
Intratumoral cytotoxic CD8+ T cells (CTL) enter a dysfunctional state characterized by
expression of coinhibitory receptors, loss of effector function, and changes in the …

Development and verification of the hypoxia-and immune-associated prognostic signature for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

D Chen, H Huang, L Zang, W Gao, H Zhu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
We aim to construct a hypoxia-and immune-associated risk score model to predict the
prognosis of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). By unsupervised …

The STING agonist IMSA101 enhances chimeric antigen receptor T cell function by inducing IL-18 secretion

U Uslu, L Sun, S Castelli, AV Finck… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
As a strategy to improve the therapeutic success of chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CART)
directed against solid tumors, we here test the combinatorial use of CART and IMSA101, a …