Combination strategies with PD-1/PD-L1 blockade: current advances and future directions

M Yi, X Zheng, M Niu, S Zhu, H Ge, K Wu - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Antibodies targeting programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) or its ligand PD-L1 rescue T
cells from exhausted status and revive immune response against cancer cells. Based on the …

DNA sensing by the cGAS–STING pathway in health and disease

M Motwani, S Pesiridis, KA Fitzgerald - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
The detection of pathogens through nucleic acid sensors is a defining principle of innate
immunity. RNA-sensing and DNA-sensing receptors sample subcellular compartments for …

[HTML][HTML] Type I interferon activates MHC class I-dressed CD11b+ conventional dendritic cells to promote protective anti-tumor CD8+ T cell immunity

E Duong, TB Fessenden, E Lutz, T Dinter, L Yim, S Blatt… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells (DCs) assume varied functional states that impact anti-tumor
immunity. To delineate the DC states associated with productive anti-tumor T cell immunity …

JAK-STAT signaling: a double-edged sword of immune regulation and cancer progression

KL Owen, NK Brockwell, BS Parker - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) signaling mediates
almost all immune regulatory processes, including those that are involved in tumor cell …

cGAS-STING, an important pathway in cancer immunotherapy

M Jiang, P Chen, L Wang, W Li, B Chen, Y Liu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2020 - Springer
Cytosolic DNA sensing, the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase-stimulator of interferon genes (cGAS-
STING) pathway, is an important novel role in the immune system. Multiple STING agonists …

MACHETE identifies interferon-encompassing chromosome 9p21. 3 deletions as mediators of immune evasion and metastasis

FM Barriga, KM Tsanov, YJ Ho, N Sohail, A Zhang… - Nature Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
The most prominent homozygous deletions in cancer affect chromosome 9p21. 3 and
eliminate CDKN2A/B tumor suppressors, disabling a cell-intrinsic barrier to tumorigenesis …

Dendritic cells and CD8 T cell immunity in tumor microenvironment

C Fu, A Jiang - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Dendritic cells (DCs) play a central role in the regulation of the balance between CD8 T cell
immunity vs. tolerance to tumor antigens. Cross-priming, a process which DCs activate CD8 …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-residing Batf3 dendritic cells are required for effector T cell trafficking and adoptive T cell therapy

S Spranger, D Dai, B Horton, TF Gajewski - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
Effector T cells have the capability of recognizing and killing cancer cells. However, whether
tumors can become immune resistant through exclusion of effector T cells from the tumor …

Manganese coordination micelles that activate stimulator of interferon genes and capture in situ tumor antigens for cancer metalloimmunotherapy

J Li, H Ren, Q Qiu, X Yang, J Zhang, C Zhang, B Sun… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cancer immunotherapy holds great promise but is generally limited by insufficient induction
of anticancer immune responses. Here, a metal micellar nanovaccine is developed by the …

Regulation and function of the cGAS–STING pathway of cytosolic DNA sensing

Q Chen, L Sun, ZJ Chen - Nature immunology, 2016 - nature.com
The recognition of microbial nucleic acids is a major mechanism by which the immune
system detects pathogens. Cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) synthase (cGAS) is a cytosolic DNA …