Top 10 challenges in cancer immunotherapy

PS Hegde, DS Chen - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Cancer immunotherapy is a validated and critically important approach for treating patients
with cancer. Given the vast research and clinical investigation efforts dedicated to advancing …

Inclusion body myositis: clinical features and pathogenesis

SA Greenberg - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2019 - nature.com
Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is often viewed as an enigmatic disease with uncertain
pathogenic mechanisms and confusion around diagnosis, classification and prospects for …

Single-cell analyses reveal key immune cell subsets associated with response to PD-L1 blockade in triple-negative breast cancer

Y Zhang, H Chen, H Mo, X Hu, R Gao, Y Zhao, B Liu… - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
In triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), the benefit of combining chemotherapy with
checkpoint inhibitors is still not very clear. We utilize single-cell RNA-and ATAC-sequencing …

Transcriptomic signatures in sepsis and a differential response to steroids. From the VANISH randomized trial

DB Antcliffe, KL Burnham, F Al-Beidh… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: There remains uncertainty about the role of corticosteroids in sepsis with clear
beneficial effects on shock duration, but conflicting survival effects. Two transcriptomic …

Harnessing the immune system in glioblastoma

NF Brown, TJ Carter, D Ottaviani… - British journal of cancer, 2018 - nature.com
Glioblastoma is the most common primary malignant brain tumour. Survival is poor and
improved treatment options are urgently needed. Although immunotherapies have emerged …

Hypertension and diabetes delay the viral clearance in COVID-19 patients

X Chen, W Hu, J Ling, P Mo, Y Zhang, Q Jiang, Z Ma… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Objectives Comorbidities have significant indications for the disease outcome of COVID-19,
however which underlying diseases that contribute the most to aggravate the conditions of …

Fungal infection profile in critically ill COVID-19 patients: a prospective study at a large teaching hospital in a middle-income country

EM Negm, MS Mohamed, RA Rabie, WS Fouad… - BMC Infectious …, 2023 - Springer
Background Critically ill COVID-19 patients are highly susceptible to opportunistic fungal
infection due to many factors, including virus-induced immune dysregulation, host-related …

PD-1 Inhibitors: Do they have a Future in the Treatment of Glioblastoma?

M Khasraw, DA Reardon, M Weller, JH Sampson - Clinical Cancer Research, 2020 - AACR
Glioblastoma (WHO grade IV glioma) is the most common malignant primary brain tumor in
adults. Survival has remained largely static for decades, despite significant efforts to develop …

Zinc deficiency as a possible risk factor for increased susceptibility and severe progression of Corona Virus Disease 19

I Wessels, B Rolles, AJ Slusarenko… - British journal of Nutrition, 2022 - cambridge.org
The importance of Zn for human health becomes obvious during Zn deficiency. Even mild
insufficiencies of Zn cause alterations in haematopoiesis and immune functions, resulting in …

Cannabis impacts tumor response rate to nivolumab in patients with advanced malignancies

T Taha, D Meiri, S Talhamy, M Wollner, A Peer… - The …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background There has been a significant increase in the use of immunotherapy and
cannabis recently, two modalities that have immunomodulatory effects and may have …