Targeting B cell receptor signalling in cancer: preclinical and clinical advances

JA Burger, A Wiestner - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
B cell receptor (BCR) signalling is crucial for normal B cell development and adaptive
immunity. BCR signalling also supports the survival and growth of malignant B cells in …

The molecular pathogenesis of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

G Fabbri, R Dalla-Favera - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
Recent investigations have provided an increasingly complete picture of the genetic
landscape of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). These analyses revealed that the CLL …

Neutralization of NET-associated human ARG1 enhances cancer immunotherapy

S Canè, RM Barouni, M Fabbi, J Cuozzo… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Myeloid cells can restrain antitumor immunity by metabolic pathways, such as the
degradation of l-arginine, whose concentrations are regulated by the arginase 1 (ARG1) …

Randomized trial of ibrutinib vs ibrutinib plus rituximab in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

JA Burger, M Sivina, N Jain, E Kim… - Blood, The Journal …, 2019 - ashpublications.org
Ibrutinib, an oral covalent inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase, is an effective therapy for
patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). To determine whether rituximab provides …

ATR inhibition induces synthetic lethality and overcomes chemoresistance in TP53- or ATM-defective chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells

M Kwok, N Davies, A Agathanggelou… - Blood, The Journal …, 2016 - ashpublications.org
TP53 and ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) defects are associated with genomic
instability, clonal evolution, and chemoresistance in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) …

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

L Scarfò, AJM Ferreri, P Ghia - Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2016 - Elsevier
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is the most common leukaemia among the adults in
the Western World. CLL (and the corresponding nodal entity small lymphocytic lymphoma …

The microenvironment in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and other B cell malignancies: insight into disease biology and new targeted therapies

JA Burger, JG Gribben - Seminars in cancer biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, the active role of the microenvironment in the pathogenesis of B cell
lymphomas has been recognized, delivering signals that favor clonal expansion and drug …

Immune response dysfunction in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: dissecting molecular mechanisms and microenvironmental conditions

F Arruga, BB Gyau, A Iannello, N Vitale… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Representing the major cause of morbidity and mortality for chronic lymphocytic leukemia
(CLL) patients, immunosuppression is a common feature of the disease. Effectors of the …

[HTML][HTML] The PD-1/PD-L1 axis contributes to T-cell dysfunction in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

D Brusa, S Serra, M Coscia, D Rossi, G D'Arena… - …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is marked by profound defects in T-cell function. Programmed
death-1 is a receptor involved in tumor-mediated immunosuppression through binding of the …

Disruption of in vivo Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Tumor–Microenvironment Interactions by Ibrutinib – Findings from an Investigator-Initiated Phase II Study

CU Niemann, SEM Herman, I Maric… - Clinical Cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Purpose: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells depend on microenvironmental
interactions for proliferation and survival that are at least partially mediated through B-cell …