Immunology and immunotherapy of cholangiocarcinoma

TF Greten, R Schwabe, N Bardeesy, L Ma… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cholangiocarcinoma is the second most common primary liver cancer. Its incidence is low in
the Western world but is rising globally. Surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy have …

Cholangiocarcinoma—novel biological insights and therapeutic strategies

SI Ilyas, S Affo, L Goyal, A Lamarca… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In the past 5 years, important advances have been made in the scientific understanding and
clinical management of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). The cellular immune landscape of CCA …

Friend or foe? The elusive role of hepatic stellate cells in liver cancer

B Cogliati, CN Yashaswini, S Wang, D Sia… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Liver fibrosis is a substantial risk factor for the development and progression of liver cancer,
which includes hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma …

Rational development of combination therapies for biliary tract cancers

JJ Harding, DN Khalil, L Fabris, GK Abou-Alfa - Journal of hepatology, 2023 - Elsevier
Biliary tract cancers are an uncommon set of gastrointestinal malignancies that are
associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Most patients present with incurable …

Immunobiology of cholangiocarcinoma

JL Tomlinson, JW Valle, SI Ilyas - Journal of hepatology, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent literature has significantly advanced our knowledge and understanding of the
tumour immune microenvironment of cholangiocarcinoma. Detailed characterisation of the …

Immunosuppressive role of SPP1-CD44 in the tumor microenvironment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma assessed by single-cell RNA sequencing

M Cheng, G Liang, Z Yin, X Lin, Q Sun, Y Liu - Journal of cancer research …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose To demonstrate the biological function of Secreted Phosphoprotein 1 (SPP1) and
its immune suppressive role in the progression intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) …

Fibroblasts in liver cancer: functions and therapeutic translation

S Affo, A Filliol, GJ Gores, RF Schwabe - … Lancet Gastroenterology & …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Accumulation of fibroblasts in the premalignant or malignant liver is a characteristic feature
of liver cancer, but has not been therapeutically leveraged despite evidence for …

New clinical trial design in precision medicine: discovery, development and direction

XP Duan, BD Qin, XD Jiao, K Liu, Z Wang… - Signal Transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
In the era of precision medicine, it has been increasingly recognized that individuals with a
certain disease are complex and different from each other. Due to the underestimation of the …

Immunotherapy of cholangiocarcinoma: therapeutic strategies and predictive biomarkers

R Chen, D Zheng, Q Li, S Xu, C Ye, Q Jiang, F Yan… - Cancer letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a group of malignant heterogeneous cancer arising from the
biliary tree. CCA has become a global health problem with rising incidence and mortality …

Biomarkers for immunotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma

TF Greten, A Villanueva, F Korangy, B Ruf… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are now widely used for the treatment of patients with
advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Two different ICI-containing regimens …