Spatial profiling technologies illuminate the tumor microenvironment

O Elhanani, R Ben-Uri, L Keren - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is composed of many different cellular and acellular
components that together drive tumor growth, invasion, metastasis, and response to …

Cancer organoids 2.0: modelling the complexity of the tumour immune microenvironment

R Polak, ET Zhang, CJ Kuo - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
The development of neoplasia involves a complex and continuous interplay between
malignantly transformed cells and the tumour microenvironment (TME). Cancer …

Targeting the Siglec–sialic acid axis promotes antitumor immune responses in preclinical models of glioblastoma

P Schmassmann, J Roux, A Buck, N Tatari… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive form of primary brain tumor, for which effective
therapies are urgently needed. Cancer cells are capable of evading clearance by …

Glioblastoma heterogeneity at single cell resolution

D Eisenbarth, YA Wang - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the deadliest types of cancer and highly refractory to
chemoradiation and immunotherapy. One of the main reasons for this resistance to therapy …

High-throughput identification of repurposable neuroactive drugs with potent anti-glioblastoma activity

S Lee, T Weiss, M Bühler, J Mena, Z Lottenbach… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Glioblastoma, the most aggressive primary brain cancer, has a dismal prognosis, yet
systemic treatment is limited to DNA-alkylating chemotherapies. New therapeutic strategies …

Fcγ receptors and immunomodulatory antibodies in cancer

F Galvez-Cancino, AP Simpson, C Costoya… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The discovery of both cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA4) and
programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1) as negative regulators of antitumour immunity led to …

VISTA immune regulatory effects in bypassing cancer immunotherapy: Updated

K Mortezaee, J Majidpoor, S Najafi - Life sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) is a common predicament in cancer
immunotherapy, which requires urgent interventions. V-domain immunoglobulin suppressor …

The tumor immune microenvironment architecture correlates with risk of recurrence in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

DT Weed, S Zilio, C McGee, B Marnissi, Z Sargi… - Cancer research, 2023 - AACR
Emerging evidence suggests that not only the frequency and composition of tumor-
infiltrating leukocytes but also their spatial organization might be a major determinant of …

In vitro veritas: from 2D cultures to organ-on-a-chip models to study immunogenic cell death in the tumor microenvironment

DV Krysko, R Demuynck, I Efimova, F Naessens… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Immunogenic cell death (ICD) is a functionally unique form of cell death that promotes a T-
cell-dependent anti-tumor immune response specific to antigens originating from dying …

Microglia–T cell conversations in brain cancer progression

R Mirzaei, VW Yong - Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2022 - cell.com
The highly immunosuppressive and heterogeneous milieu of brain malignancies contributes
to their dismal prognosis. Regardless of their cellular origin, brain tumors grow in an …