A review of current and pipeline drugs for treatment of melanoma

N Natarelli, SJ Aleman, IM Mark, JT Tran, S Kwak… - Pharmaceuticals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Malignant melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer. Standard treatment options
include surgery, radiation therapy, systemic chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and …

The use of fecal microbiota transplant in overcoming and modulating resistance to anti-PD-1 therapy in patients with skin Cancer

T Vongsavath, R Rahmani, KM Tun, V Manne - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary While melanoma treatment has advanced and generally offers good
results, treatment resistance remains a major source of morbidity and mortality in the …

Bacterial outer membrane vesicles loaded with perhexiline suppress tumor development by regulating tumor-associated macrophages repolarization in a synergistic …

S Jiang, W Fu, S Wang, G Zhu, J Wang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) promote tumor development and metastasis and
are categorized into M1-like macrophages, suppressing tumor cells, and M2-like …

The prospect of harnessing the microbiome to improve immunotherapeutic response in pancreatic cancer

S Rogers, A Charles, RM Thomas - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic cancer is an insidious disease, often diagnosed late in its
course when curative treatments are moot, with a 5-year median overall survival of~ 12 …

Deciphering the Tumor–Immune–Microbe Interactions in HPV-Negative Head and Neck Cancer

M Hu, S Coleman, MZH Fadlullah, D Spakowicz… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Patients with human papillomavirus-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
(HPV-negative HNSCC) have worse outcomes than HPV-positive HNSCC. In our study, we …

Predictive Factors in Metastatic Melanoma Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: From Clinical Practice to Future Perspective

S Poletto, L Paruzzo, A Nepote, D Caravelli… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Metastatic melanoma treatment has greatly changed in the last decade
due to the introduction of target therapies and immune checkpoint inhibitors. The …

Complementarity between Microbiome and Immunity May Account for the Potentiating Effect of Quercetin on the Antitumor Action of Cyclophosphamide in a Triple …

A Manni, YW Sun, TD Schell, T Lutsiv, H Thompson… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Immunotherapy targeting program cell death protein 1 (PD-1) in addition to chemotherapy
has improved the survival of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients. However, the …

The Gut Microbiome as a Biomarker and Therapeutic Target in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

B Gok Yavuz, S Datar, S Chamseddine, YI Mohamed… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of liver cancer,
accounting for approximately 85–90% of all cases of liver cancer worldwide. The gut …

Role of the Microbiota in Skin Neoplasms: New Therapeutic Horizons

P Savoia, B Azzimonti, R Rolla, E Zavattaro - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The skin and the gut are regularly colonized by a variety of microorganisms capable of
interacting with the immune system through their metabolites and influencing the balance …

Microbiome in Cancer Development and Treatment

S Ciernikova, A Sevcikova, B Mladosievicova, M Mego - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Targeting the microbiome, microbiota-derived metabolites, and related pathways represents
a significant challenge in oncology. Microbiome analyses have confirmed the negative …